FOI request details
Request
Subject: SHL
Reference: LBR-FOI-00618
I am making an FOI on the following questions regarding Sexual Health London (SHL) - online sexual health service in your borough:
1. Please provide me with the total number of test kits issued by the SHL service on behalf of your residents in 2022
2. Please provide me with the number of test kits which were issued by the SHL service on behalf of your residents in 2022 and returned, processed and results reported to the service user within 20 days by the SHL online service
3. Please provide me with the total number of positive results for Chlamydia from samples received from your residents by the SHL online service laboratory in 2022
4. Please provide the total number of service users who have tested positive for Chlamydia in 2022 using the SHL online testing service - where you have confirmation that the service user has been treated (either by referral into clinic or through the home treatment option)
5. Please provide me with the total number of safeguarding flags on SHL in users who are 16 and 17 years old in 2022
6. Please provide me with the total number of safeguarding cases in the 16 and 17 year olds reported to the SHL service who have been successfully contacted by the SHL clinical team in 2022
7. Please confirm that the laboratory used by SHL is registered with the Care Quality Commission for diagnostics and screening.
8. Please confirm that the laboratory used by SHL has the ISO 15189 accreditation appropriate for a medical laboratory as opposed to a general Laboratory.
9. If the answer to question 8 is 'no' please provide details of the assurance you hold that the pre-analytical & post-analytical elements of the proposed service meet the requirements & standards of ISO 15189;
10. What date did you sign your Inter Authority Agreement with the City of London Corporation for the pan-London sexual health e-service?
Response
Full Disclosure - 20 February 2023
1. Please provide me with the total number of test kits issued by the SHL service on behalf of your residents in 2022
7929
2. Please provide me with the number of test kits which were issued by the SHL service on behalf of your residents in 2022 and returned, processed and results reported to the service user within 20 days by the SHL online service
5272
3. Please provide me with the total number of positive results for Chlamydia from samples received from your residents by the SHL online service laboratory in 2022
274
4. Please provide the total number of service users who have tested positive for Chlamydia in 2022 using the SHL online testing service - where you have confirmation that the service user has been treated (either by referral into clinic or through the home treatment option)
271
5. Please provide me with the total number of safeguarding flags on SHL in users who are 16 and 17 years old in 2022
24
6. Please provide me with the total number of safeguarding cases in the 16 and 17 year olds reported to the SHL service who have been successfully contacted by the SHL clinical team in 2022
24
7. Please confirm that the laboratory used by SHL is registered with the Care Quality Commission for diagnostics and screening.
Confirmed. Current registration status can also be confirmed on the CQC website.
8. Please confirm that the laboratory used by SHL has the ISO 15189 accreditation appropriate for a medical laboratory as opposed to a general Laboratory.
Confirmed. Current accreditation status can also be confirmed on the UKAS website.
9. If the answer to question 8 is 'no' please provide details of the assurance you hold that the pre-analytical & post-analytical elements of the proposed service meet the requirements & standards of ISO 15189;
N/A
10. What date did you sign your Inter Authority Agreement with the City of London Corporation for the pan-London sexual health e-service?
The Inter Authority Agreement was duly signed by our Authority and took legal effect on 08/01/17 when the service became available to our residents.
Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.