PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gonorrhoea: Medical Treatments (5 February 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) successfully treating antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea and (b) treating strains of gonorrhoea that are not resistant to commonly used antimicrobials.

Asked by:
James Murray (Labour)

The Government provides funding to local authorities for public health services, including sexual health services, through the public health grant. It is for local authorities to determine how the public health grant is allocated in their local areas to meet their needs. Sexual health service providers should ensure commissioned services are in line with current national guidance, standards of training and care and quality indicators. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV guidelines recommend testing for mycoplasma genitalium and trichomonas vaginalis where clinically indicated. Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.bashh.org/media/4429/bashh-standards-for-sti-management-2019.pdf

The Department has made no estimate of the cost of treating antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea and treating strains of gonorrhoea that are not resistant to commonly used antimicrobials.

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
13 February 2020