Colleges are putting sexual health higher on the agenda.
In other areas, teenage pregnancy co-ordinators have arranged meetings with their local FE colleges and started planning how they can work together to deliver on-site sexual health services.
Colleges with well-established services have also been expanding their reach. Since September, Loughborough College has been piloting sexual health tutorial sessions. The aim is to top up whatever school sex education students may have had, so that everyone has the information they need. Numbers of students accessing the on-site sexual health drop-in has already increased.
The national rollout of chlamydia screening is also having a positive impact on the services offered in further education settings. The highest rates of chlamydia are among young women aged 16 to 19 so further education is an ideal setting to provide testing services.
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