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Health - Third Report Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 22 May 2003. CONTENTS Terms of Reference REPORT SUMMARY 1  INTRODUCTION 2  WHAT IS SEXUAL HEALTH? Definitions Sexual health and health inequalities Sexually Transmitted Infections Chlamydia Gonorrhoea Syphilis Genital Warts Genital Herpes HIV/AIDS Other Conditions Co-infection issues Unintended pregnancy and teenage pregnancy Sexual dysfunction 3  WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION? Trends in Sexually Transmitted Infections Trends in HIV/AIDS Trends in teenage pregnancy Trends in unintended pregnancy 4  WHAT UNDERLIES THESE TRENDS? 5  HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDED TO THE PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED? Targets 6  TREATMENT AND SERVICE PROVISION STI services Consultant numbers Access to, and pressures on, services Premises Chlamydia Screening The test for chlamydia HIV/AIDS services Treatment Services Funding treatment and service provision for HIV and AIDS The Strategy and HIV services Contribution of primary care Contribution of Social Care Contribution of Voluntary Care The impact of the Strategy on the organisation of service delivery: general issues Commissioning of services Services in Primary Care 7  FAMILY PLANNING AND ABORTION SERVICES Current arrangements for commissioning and delivering What impact will the Strategy have? Lack of priority given by the Strategy to contraception Lack of priority at a PCT level Access to services Clinical quality and audit Abortion services 8  SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION TREATMENT AND SERVICES Anti-impotence treatments Other issues of dysfunction 9  PREVENTION AND SEXUAL HEALTH PROMOTION Getting the message across—a national information campaign Evidence-based practice The wider impact of health promotion Securing the status and position of health 10  RELATIONSHIPS AND SEX EDUCATION What do young people know about sex and sexual health? Is relationships and sex education necessary or appropriate? Best practice in relationships and sex education Relationships and sex education in 2003 Does this assessment match with that of current and recent school pupils? Lack of priority Lack of experienced teachers The wrong focus Meeting the needs of both boys and girls What age? Parents Improving sexual health 11  CONCLUSIONS The cultural context of changing sexual behaviour Giving priority to sexual health CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE REPORT APPENDIX FORMAL MINUTES WITNESSES LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE REPORTS FROM THE HEALTH COMMITTEE SINCE 2001 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 69-II) Wednesday 26 June 2002 Wednesday 10 July 2002 Wednesday 17 July 2002 Tuesday 23 July 2002 Monday 18 November 2002 Thursday 28 November 2002 Thursday 12 December 2002 Thursday 9 January 2003 Thursday 16 January 2003 Thursday 23 January 2003 APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 69-II)

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