Still waiting: poor access to sexual health services in the UK

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Abstract
Poor access to sexual health services has been highlighted as one factor contributing to continued increases in sexually transmitted infections,3 and a number of surveys have found access to clinics have worsened over the past decade.4, 5 Many clinics changed from walk-in to appointment-based services, and the expansion of demand has far outstripped the capacity. BASHH recently noted that, “over the past 10 years, services have more than doubled capacity through extensive service modernization despite less than 10% increase in resource”.6 Some clinics have re-introduced more walk in services and triage systems to prioritise patients most likely to have an STI; they have also introduced asymptomatic screening clinics.