Sexual health services are “at breaking point” council leaders have warned, as organisations face funding cuts and soaring demands for care – including among pensioners. The Local Government Association (LGA) warned that without more funding there could be an increase in unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Meanwhile sexual health services could struggle to deal with situations such as the outbreak of monkeypox cases. It said that sexual health services working in the community are helping more people than ever before.
But at the same time budgets for public health spending have been “slashed”. The LGA, which represents councils in England and Wales, has published a new report titled ‘Breaking point: securing the future of sexual health services’.
