{"id":117,"date":"2010-06-17T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T15:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=117"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:01:09","slug":"new-figures-show-that-chlamydia-screening-has-failed-to-hit-its-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/new-figures-show-that-chlamydia-screening-has-failed-to-hit-its-target\/","title":{"rendered":"New figures show Chlamydia screening failed to hit target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New figures released by local health bosses in England have shown that the <a title=\"Chlamydia Screening and Tests\" href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/std-sti-testing\/chlamydia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chlamydia screening<\/a> program has failed to reach its target of testing 17% of 15\u201324 year olds. Chlamydia is now the UK\u2019s most common sexually transmitted disease (STD), with over 120,000 new cases diagnosed last year.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s target for Chlamydia screening is 17%, but in some areas as little as 5% of young people were tested; this is far below the 35% many health experts predict is needed to prevent the disease from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second year in a row that local health trusts have failed to meet the 17% target, and it is now estimated that up to one in ten 15-24 year olds has the disease, double that of a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Blake from the sexual health charity Brook said that the new screening figures were unsatisfactory, stating that: &#8220;We&#8217;re really worried about Chlamydia, if you only test 14% of young people, even if they are treated, the chances are there will be re-infection throughout the population. So we have to get 35% tested to get it under control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has any symptoms of Chlamydia or feels that they may have contracted the disease is urged to take a STD test straight away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New figures released by local health bosses in England have shown that the Chlamydia screening program has failed to reach its target of testing 17% of 15\u201324 year olds. Chlamydia is now the UK\u2019s most common sexually transmitted disease (STD), with over 120,000 new cases diagnosed last year. The government\u2019s target for Chlamydia screening is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1246,1632,844,2448,568,2866,1128,655,625,807,607,706,705,1116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6222,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/6222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}