What's Included and What's Excluded?

The Integrated Sexual Health Tariffs include all sexual health services provided by specialist sexual health service providers:

  • All contraception provision
  • The management of sexually transmitted infections (activities covered by GUM PbR: testing, treatment, partner notification)
  • Provision of PEPSE (excluding the drug costs)
  • Psycho-sexual medicine
  • Medical gynaecology
  • Health education delivered in conjunction with clinical care e.g. safer sex advice.

and exclude:

  • CQUIN target payments
  • Termination of pregnancy procedures
  • The treatment and care of people with HIV
  • PEPSE drug costs
  • General health education and prevention work for example, sex education lessons in schools
  • London 3rd Sector Providers (other regions have included them)