§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of primary care trusts have an identified lead for sexual health and HIV services for their area; what proportion have in place arrangements for commissioning such services in consortia with neighbouring PCTs; what proportion have neither; which primary care trusts have yet to name a lead for sexual health and HIV services for their area and have not made provision for commissioning in consortia with neighbouring PCTs; and when the report of the baseline service mapping exercise of sexual health and HIV services will be published. [83555]
§ Ms BlearsOf the 304 primary care trusts (PCTs), including two designated as care trusts, in England, 273 have notified the Department of a sexual health and HIV lead for their area. We are currently taking action to identify remaining leads. We have not collected information centrally on commissioning arrangements for sexual health services. The local baseline review mapping exercise reports are currently being analysed and a summary report will be published early next year.
We are still awaiting details of sexual health leads from the following PCTs:
- Bedford
- Bedfordshire Heartlands
- Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford
- Bournemouth
- Bracknell Forest
- Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth
- Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford
- Dacorum
- Derwentside
- Dudley South
- Eastleigh and Test Valley South
- Enfield
- Gateshead
- Gedling
- Haringey
- Herefordshire
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Huntingdonshire
- Islington
- Lincolnshire South West
- Mid Devon
- Mid Sussex
- North East Oxfordshire
- North Surrey
- Rotherham
- South Peterborough
- Wednesbury and West Bromwich
- Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead
- Witham, Braintree and Halstead
- Woking Area