UKHSA is urging all those heading to university to use a condom with any new or casual partners, and to get tested regularly, after gonorrhoea diagnoses rocketed to 82,592 in 2022, an increase of more than 50% compared to 2021.
UKHSA is urging all those heading to university to use a condom with any new or casual partners, and to get tested regularly, after gonorrhoea diagnoses rocketed to 82,592 in 2022, an increase of more than 50% compared to 2021.
The 82,592 diagnoses of gonorrhoea in 2022 is the largest annual number on record; 38,923 of these diagnoses were in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GMBSM). In 2022 there were 8,692 syphilis diagnoses, the largest annual number since 1948; 6,003 of these diagnoses were in GBMSM.
This is Brighton & Hove STI Testing Week, where local residents are encouraged to get tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The campaign to tackle high rates of STIs in the city is led by sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) with support from Brighton and Hove City Council’s public health team.
New figures from Public Health England (PHE) reveal a 20% increase in syphilis and 22% increase in gonorrhoea diagnoses nationally, despite the overall rates of sexually transmitted infections across the country remaining stable in 2017 compared to 2016.
New STI figures show rapid increases among gay men of syphilis and gonorrhoea. Latest figures published by Public Health England (PHE) show 439,243 sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported in England in 2014. The impact of STIs remains greatest in young people under the age of 25 years and gay men (gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men).
