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Going All The Way Sexual Health & FE Colleges

Going All The Way Sexual Health & FE Colleges. Michael Bell Fifth London Sexual Health Forum 13 th November 2009. Context. Sexual Health performance across London DH/DCSF 2007 Report Opportunities for working through FE Colleges: “Captive audience” with 40% of YP

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Going All The Way Sexual Health & FE Colleges

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  1. Going All The WaySexual Health & FE Colleges Michael Bell Fifth London Sexual Health Forum 13th November 2009

  2. Context • Sexual Health performance across London • DH/DCSF 2007 Report • Opportunities for working through FE Colleges: • “Captive audience” with 40% of YP • Extending Accessibility • DH funding to improve sexual health in FE • Wider financial imperatives and the QIPP Agenda

  3. “Alongside our response to pandemic flu, this is the most important challenge facing the NHS for the foreseeable future” David Nicholson CBE NHS Chief Executive

  4. The Story So Far LSHP targeted investment: • Supporting Local Partnerships in hotspots • Piloting Medi+Vend • Introducing YouthBytes • Pan-London FE/SHNA: “Going All The Way” • Vol. 1: Key Findings, Conclusions & Recommendations • Vol. 2: Deep Dives and the voice of Young Londoners • Vol. 3: Borough Profiles, Statistics and Resources

  5. Going All The Way: Key Findings • Partnership challenge (regional/subregional/local): • Different institutional objectives • Information sharing and IT systems • Catchment areas • Lack of recognised standards/service specifications • Mixed patterns of provision between and within FECs • Certain groups very underserved (e.g. LGBT) • YP keen to engage with services and take responsibility for sexual health

  6. What Could be Provided? • Advice and counselling • Contraceptive services • Pregnancy services including testing and referral to termination or other services • Chlamydia screening and other STI testing with referral to GUM services

  7. Summary Recommendations • The need for strategic leadership & direction Strategy jointly owned • The need for enablers Standards, IT, workforce and capital • The need for local leadership Local priorities, networks and partnerships, joint work, targeted needs assessments and comprehensive service specification • The need for targeted investment Financial context, promoting innovation, sharing learning • The need to meet special needs Further research into students with special needs or those outside the FE sector • The need for young people’s participation & engagement

  8. Future Work Going All The Way Implementation: • Working groups to develop the service specification and enablers strategy • Consultative network for young people to be supplemented by an on-line consultative process linked to YouthBytes • Cross-sectoral Network to oversee this work and contribute to its development • Further Targeted Investment Including more medi+vends etc.

  9. What Can You Do? • Participation in Working Groups • Specification • Enablers (IT, Workforce, Capital) • Assisting us identify YP for consultative body • Coming forward with ideas for targeted investments • … Working together to transform Sexual Health services for Young People

  10. Going All The WaySexual Health & FE Collegescole.hansen@mbarc.co.uk

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