FOI_7282

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7282

Date Request Received: 06/07/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 24/07/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Sexual Health Services information

Request Category: Media


Question Number 1: How many STI postal test kits on average do you send out a year in total from your sexual health service?

Answer To Question 1: Please see attached spreadsheet. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 7282 FOI July 23 Response spreadsheet.xlsx

Question Number 2: What is the average amount of test kits you send out to service users from your sexual health services a day?

Answer To Question 2: Please see attachment

Question Number 3: What is the maximum amount of test kits you have sent out to service users in a day?

Answer To Question 3: Please see attachment

Question Number 4: What is the average percentage of tests that are returned?

Answer To Question 4: Please see attachment

Question Number 5: What is the range return rate of the percentage of tests that are returned? For example: “Return rates typically range between 70% and 95% depending on the region, averaging between 75-80%.”

Answer To Question 5: Please see attachment

Question Number 6: How much does your STI test cost to produce, send out and process, including pathology (the cost of processing the samples)?

Answer To Question 6: Please see attachment
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