The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7462 p90
28 July 2007

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STI care standards published

Draft standards for sexual health services in Scotland were published last week (PDF 250K).

Health boards will need to set local strategies for chlamydia testing and providing sexual health information. Wider access to intrauterine and implantable contraception is advocated because of greater effectiveness than oral contraceptives or barrier methods.