Southend Sexual Health Service

Lot 1 - The Provider will deliver the Southend Sexual Health Service (“SSH Service”) Levels; 1, 2 & 3 Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) sexual health services for people who self-refer/ or who are referred into the SSH Service by other key partners. The SSH Service will provide open access, cost-effective, high quality, confidential provision for; prevention contraception, pregnancy testing, contraceptive health services, testing, diagnosis, treatment, support and management of sexually transmitted infections services according to evidence-based protocols and to the needs of local populations. Lot 2 - The Sexual Health Promotion & Prevention Service will include the delivery of community-based health promotion and prevention activities relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Southend- on- Sea. The Sexual Health Promotion & Prevention Service is designed to improve knowledge around HIV and STIs, reduce the stigma associated with HIV and STIs, and promote access to testing in local sexual health services.