Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Teens sexual health
Our teens to be screened for sexual infection
Girls as young as 15 are to be routinely tested for sex infections.
A new service is being launched in the region to screen women aged 16 to 24 for chlamydia, a symptomless infection that, left untreated, can cause infertility.
Newcastle Primary Care Trust has been given the cash to run the free screening programme across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Gateshead has secured £500,000 from this to help set up a Genito Urinary Medicine (GUM) service, due to be introduced in April.
Despite having the highest rate of sexually-transmitted infections in the country, our region has the longest waits for genito-urinary medicine clinics.
South Tyneside of course is no different to the rest of the region with youngsters becoming sexually active at what appears to be much earlier stages. One only needs to look at the incidents of childbirth amongst the under 21's, and the rising number of young single parent families supported by the rest of the community, to understand that some phase of the educational process is failing. So why have our Primary Care Trust not come up with such an innovative idea to reduce the risks of sexually transmitted diseases in future years?
Lack of finances because the family silver was given to Mrs. Awotona?
Link
The Evening Chronicle
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Girls as young as 15 are to be routinely tested for sex infections.
A new service is being launched in the region to screen women aged 16 to 24 for chlamydia, a symptomless infection that, left untreated, can cause infertility.
Newcastle Primary Care Trust has been given the cash to run the free screening programme across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Gateshead has secured £500,000 from this to help set up a Genito Urinary Medicine (GUM) service, due to be introduced in April.
Despite having the highest rate of sexually-transmitted infections in the country, our region has the longest waits for genito-urinary medicine clinics.
South Tyneside of course is no different to the rest of the region with youngsters becoming sexually active at what appears to be much earlier stages. One only needs to look at the incidents of childbirth amongst the under 21's, and the rising number of young single parent families supported by the rest of the community, to understand that some phase of the educational process is failing. So why have our Primary Care Trust not come up with such an innovative idea to reduce the risks of sexually transmitted diseases in future years?
Lack of finances because the family silver was given to Mrs. Awotona?
Link
The Evening Chronicle
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