Freedom of information response
Contracts for remote or online sexual health testing
1. Does the authority commission or procure these services
2. In each of the financial periods 2021-22, 2022-23, April 2023 to December 2023
a. How much did the authority spend overall on sexual health testing services
b. How much did the authority spend on online services
c. How many citizens were tested using online services
3. How much was spent (by the authority or predecessor organisations) in each period with each of the following providers for online sexual health services
a. Preventx
b. SH 24
c. TDL or their NHS joint venture, Health Service Laboratories
d. Viapath
e. Synlab or their joint venture, Synnovis
f. Lloyd’s pharmacy
g. NHS Trusts/ their laboratory services
h. Other. Please name any provider where the spend in any year exceeded £100,000
4. When did the authority last issue a tender for these services
5. When does the current contract expire
Your request | Our Response
1. Does the authority commission or procure these services
Services are Commissioned
2. In each of the financial periods 2021-22, 2022-23, April 2023 to December 2023
a. How much did the authority spend overall on sexual health testing services
The figures below are the total contract value for the integrated sexual health services and is the full cost to the council for 2021-2022 and 2022-23.
2021-22 - £1,351,726.75
2022-23 - £1,474,611
April 2023 to December 2023 - £1,234,004.22, a further £65,000 has been allocated for the full financial year for the provision of long acting contraception by Primary Care.
b. How much did the authority spend on online services
This figure has been included in answer 2a.
c. How many citizens were tested using online services
April 2021 -April 2022 – 4741 kits sent out / 3018 unique patients
April 2022- April 2023 – 5,743 kits sent out / 3131 unique patients
April 2023 – December 2023 – 2,578 kits sent out / 2516 unique patients (9 months only, if extrapolate to 12 months would be around 3300)
3. How much was spent (by the authority or predecessor organisations) in each period with each of the following providers for online sexual health services
a. Preventx
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b. SH 24
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c. TDL or their NHS joint venture, Health Service Laboratories
Commercially sensitive
d. Viapath
Commercially sensitive
e. Synlab or their joint venture, Synnovis
Commercially sensitive
f. Lloyd’s pharmacy
Commercially sensitive
g. NHS Trusts/ their laboratory services
Commercially sensitive
h. Other. Please name any provider where the spend in any year exceeded £100,000
Commercially sensitive
In issuing our response the Council has applied S43 of the Freedom of Information Act. Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the public authority holding it). A commercial interest relates to a person’s ability to successfully participate in a commercial activity, i.e. the purchase and the sale of goods or services. The reasons for this have been captured below under the public interest test section.