Background
The London Sexual Health Programme was concerned that Sexual and Reproductive Health clinics were not being adequately funded and there were disincentives to develop integrated services that bettered served patients and offered better public health outcomes. There was also concern that much of the complex GUM care undertaken was not being adequately funded. Furthermore, commissioners felt that they were commissioning services ‘blind’, with insufficient information being delivered and too late to impact their decisions.
Pathway Analytics was commissioned to support the London Sexual Health Programme develop a set of currencies and tariffs to promote the delivery of integrated sexual health care in London.
The development of the Integrated Sexual Health Tariff was driven by four expert working groups drawn from sites across London.
- Clinical Working Group
- Commissioning Working Group
- Data Management Working Group
- Finance Working Group