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Chlamydia tests in community up 44%
The number of young people tested for chlamydia away from genitourinary medicine clinics has soared by 44%, a report reveals.
More young people under 25 years old are being tested for chlamydia in healthcare settings - without having to visit GUM clinics - as part the national chlamydia screening programme.
Preliminary results from the Health Protection Agency’s report show 1.5 million screening programme and other community-based tests were carried out in 2009-10.
There was a significant upsurge in community-based testing in 2008-09 after chlamydia testing was included in the vital signs indicator framework, which primary care trusts are assessed on, and this has continued in 2009-10.
The proportion of people tested rose from 23.7% in 2008-09 to 29.9% in 2009-10. However, the HPA said that most of the overall increase can be attributed to testing through the national screening programme.
While testing in the screening programme and community settings has increased, the HPA said this led to a fall in the number of tests carried out on young people in GUM clinics. In 2009-10, community-based testing detected 90,700 infections in young adults, 10,200 more cases than the previous year.
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