Introduction

The purpose of the Integrated Sexual Health Tariff is to:

• Promote the best interests of the patient and public health
• Ensure open access Sexual Health services are maintained
• Promote the integration of Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services
• Offer value for money and affordability and not destabilise services, providers or commissioners
• Provide robust, defensible and transparent tariffs and currencies
• Promote use of clinical best practice care pathways
• Develop 'setting-independent' currencies and tariffs 
• Minimise the information management burden