{"id":41,"date":"2009-02-11T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=41"},"modified":"2019-10-31T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:48:26","slug":"gp-clinics-using-texts-for-sexual-health-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/gp-clinics-using-texts-for-sexual-health-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"GP clinics using texts for sexual health programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to the rapid increase of STDs in the UK over the past few years, an increasing number of GP Clinics in London are adopting a new texting system to boost awareness of their sexual health programmes. It is hoped that the new texting system will urge patients to go and have screening tests for STDs<\/a> such as Chlamydia and Syphilis.<\/p>\n

Why has the texting system been implemented?<\/h2>\n

The new texting system, called iPLATO Patient Care Messaging, will be used to urge people to get screened for STDs or to request a Chlamydia self-testing kit if they feel they have been exposed to the infection.<\/p>\n

Grace Kamel, Administrator at one of the GP clinics which uses the iPLATO system said: \u201cGetting hold of young adults for sexual health checkups is often difficult to do. The system makes it a lot easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also added that: \u201cWe decided to use texts messaging, because texting is very popular amongst young adults. The use of text messaging in this area is a really innovative idea – it’s immediate, convenient and non-intrusive.”<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/h2>\n

The iPLATO system can be integrated with the doctor\u2019s surgery computer. A specific group of patients is chosen and when compiled, a group text is sent to the patient\u2019s phones.<\/p>\n

The iPLATO system is also being used in other parts of the country for Public Health Announcements such as child immunisations, obesity and smoking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Due to the rapid increase of STDs in the UK over the past few years, an increasing number of GP Clinics in London are adopting a new texting system to boost awareness of their sexual health programmes. It is hoped that the new texting system will urge patients to go and have screening tests for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[2080,1246,920,2077,2071,568,2075,2070,2076,2072,2068,826,570,563,842,2079,2074,2069,2078,2073],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5331,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/5331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}