Despite a 223 per cent increase in new diagnoses between 1995 and 2004,one in four trusts did not mention increasing the screening of 15- to24-year-olds in their local delivery plans. A group of leading sexualhealth campaigners also found a third of trusts failed to mention plansto achieve the 48-hour access target for genito-urinary medicineservices.
Anne Weyman, chief executive of fpa, said she was disappointed sexualhealth was being neglected, despite considerable extra funding to dealwith the problem under the Government's public health white paper. Onein 10 sexually active young people are infected with chlamydia.
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