Health and social work services

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Based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), Greenwich is now ranked as the 78th most deprived of 326 England boroughs (1 being the most deprived, and 326 the least deprived). It is widely acknowledged that there is a strong link between social deprivation, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and teenage pregnancy. Improving the sexual health of the population of Royal Greenwich by reducing the incidence of STIs including HIV therefore continues to remain a vital public health priority. In order to tackle the borough's high and rising infection rates and increased demand for testing and treatment, The Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) has decided to reorganise sexual health services in the borough and as part of this programme of work are tendering its Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) service. The overarching aim will still be to provide an integrated model of service delivery with easy access to confidential, non-judgemental sexual health services. In order to tackle the borough's high and rising infection rates and increased demand for testing and treatment, The Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) has decided to reorganise sexual health services in the borough and as part of this programme of work are tendering its Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) service. The overarching aim will still be to provide an integrated model of service delivery with easy access to confidential, non-judgemental sexual health services (including for STIs, contraception, abortion, health promotion and prevention). However, the restructuring of sexual health services will move testing and treatment of uncomplicated STIs (Level 1 and 2 services) from GUM services in a single hospital site to a mixture of patient self-managed testing and multiple sexual health clinics with extended opening hours and convenient transport links located across the borough.