Underfunding, Not Demand, Is Breaking SEND
Jack Lowman, Sense, says properly funding the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is vital for disabled children to get the best start.
Councils support ‘game-changer’ gonorrhoea vaccination rollout
04/08/2025 Councils across England are partnering with the NHS to deliver a world-first public health initiative—the rollout of a gonorrhoea vaccination programme. |
Call for 10-year sexual health strategy
03/06/2025 The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for a 10-year sexual health strategy as services face unprecedented pressure. |
NHS and local government partner on gonorrhoea vaccine
21/05/2025 The NHS and local government have partnered on the roll-out of a world-first vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea. |
Council leaders call for sexual health investment
19/09/2024 Local authority leaders have urged the Government to use the upcoming Autumn Budget to invest in sexual and reproductive health services. |
Public health bosses call for long-term sexual health strategy
10/09/2024 The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) has urged the Government to commit to a sexual and reproductive health strategy after a decade of cuts. |
Levelling up sexual health services to protect children
14/08/2024 Sue Bunn, Commercial Director, Inform Health, looks at how sexual health services are levelling up to better protect children from harm. |
Council chiefs call for 10-year sexual health strategy
04/06/2024 Council leaders have called on the next Government to launch a 10-year sexual health strategy after new figures reveal rise in sexually transmitted infections. |
Sexual health services ‘at breaking point’
22/01/2024 Rising cases of sexually transmitted infections and decreasing levels of funding are pushing sexual health services to ‘breaking point’, according to the Local Government Association. |
Sexual health services at ‘breaking point’
06/06/2023 Local council-commissioned sexual health services are at ‘breaking point’, warn local authority leaders. |
Nearly half of teachers not confident teaching sex education
29/09/2022 Almost half of secondary school teachers say they don’t feel confident teaching sex and relationships education, a new survey has revealed. |
Women struggling to access contraception due to cuts, inquiry finds
11/09/2020 Women in England are struggling to access contraception putting them at risk of unplanned pregnancies, MPs have warned. |
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Health experts urge ‘safer sex’ after rise in gonorrhoea cases
03/09/2020 The Government has urged people to practice safer sex after data reveals that gonorrhoea cases in England have risen by 26%. |
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Care leaders must promote ‘awareness’ of good practice in sexual safety
27/02/2020 Care leaders should promote a culture that keeps people in social care safe from sexual abuse and supports them in expressing their sexuality, regulator says. |
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London aims to be ‘first city’ to stop new HIV infections
05/02/2020 Over 30 organisations have joined together in an effort to make London the first city in the world to stop new HIV infections. |
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Public health cuts leading to 'spiralling' STI rates
05/02/2020 Local authority leaders have called for more investment into public health services as a new report reveals that there is an STI diagnosis every 70 seconds in England. |
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Councils chiefs call for more sexual health funding
25/10/2019 Local authority leaders have called on the Government to ensure that its updated sexual and reproductive health strategy is ‘fully funded’. |
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MPs warn of ‘worrying’ sexual health inequalities
03/06/2019 Members of Parliament have called for a new national strategy to ensure high quality sexual health services for all. |
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Council chiefs call for reversal of cuts to sexual health services
01/10/2018 Maintaining sexual health services at current levels will be difficult unless cuts in public health services are reversed, local government leaders warn. |
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Sexual health services at 'tipping point'
03/09/2018 Sexual health services in England are under 'huge pressure' due to a record 3.3 million visits a year, council leaders have warned. |
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Council chiefs warn health budget cuts ‘undermining’ fight against STIs
05/06/2018 Cuts to public health budgets have made tackling sexually transmitted infections a ‘significant challenge’, warn local authority leaders. |
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Nurse shortage leads to increase in sexually transmitted infections
14/05/2018 Nurses have warned cuts to public health budgets are forcing them to turn people away from sexual health clinics due to the resulting staff shortages. |
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Transgender issues to be taught in schools
19/12/2017 Transgender issues will be taught as part of sex and relationship education classes in primary and secondary schools, according to the Government |
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Council funding cuts restricting access to contraception
03/11/2017 One in three local authorities have reduced or plan to reduce the number of sites delivering contraceptive services in the last two years, FoI request reveals. |
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Charity warns young people face patchy provision of HIV education
25/09/2017 Young people should be educated about the risks of HIV to minimise their chances of catching the illness, according to HIV Scotland. |
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Local authorities should give out condoms to fight STIs, guidance says
06/04/2017 Councils and sexual health services should provide free condoms in order to tackle sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Government health body says. |
