The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7382 p5
7 January 2006

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Over 6,000 chlamydia test kits issued in Boots pilot

More than 6,000 test kits for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia have been issued by Boots pharmacists in the first month of a pilot scheme in London.

The two-year pilot, in which pharmacists at 200 Boots branches in the capital offer a free and confidential screening service, was launched in November in an attempt to increase access to chlamydia testing for 16- to 24-year-olds (PJ, 12 November 2005, p596).

Free kits have been requested by both young men and young women aged between 23 and 24 years, the Department of Health and Boots confirmed.