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<p>Patient confidentiality is of vital importance to retain patients’ trust in sexual
health services, and to encourage access to advice, testing, diagnosis, and treatment
of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).</p><p>A public consultation seeking views
on proposals to amend the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 was held
between 12 July and 15 November 2023. This included the proposal to add specific STIs
to schedule 2 of the regulations to strengthen surveillance. The consultation asked
for views on the consequences of this change, including whether it could negatively
impact public trust in the confidentiality of sexual health services and data and
risk creating a barrier to accessing sexual services.</p><p>The Department and the
UK Health Security Agency are considering the responses to the consultation and are
grateful for stakeholders’ continued engagement on this topic.</p>
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