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Percentage initiation or continuation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among those with PrEP need (21960) Metric type
- Help text
- This is the poportion who had started or continued pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among those with PrEP need. PrEP is a drug taken by HIV-negative individuals before they have sex to stop them acquiring HIV. PrEP is a drug taken by individuals before they have sex to stop them acquiring HIV. As part of a combination approach to HIV prevention, the roll out of routine PrEP commissioning began in England in the autumn of 2020. Specialist sexual health services (SHS) are responsible for the delivery of PrEP to those at higher risk of acquiring HIV. People who attended for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) care only are excluded as no risk assessment for PrEP takes place at these consultations. Data are presented by area of patient residence, and exclude people accessing sexual health services located in England who are residents in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or abroad.
This indicator assesses what proportion of individuals accessing specialist SHS with PrEP need start or continue PrEP. The higher the proportion, the better PrEP need is being met through providing PrEP. A lower proportion indicates that more people with need are leaving the service without PrEP, the reason for which will be multifactorial.
Data reported through GUMCAD STI Surveillance System is not representative of the rates of service use and prevalence of infection within the general population because they only represent patients accessing SHS. Specialist SHS refers to genitourinary medicine (GUM), and integrated GUM and SRH clinics.
- Modified
- 20 Nov 2023
- Data last updated
- 21 Nov 2023
- Short label
- % initiation/continuation of PrEP among those with PrEP need
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a high value is good
- Measure
- %
- Dataset
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles (annual)
- Collection
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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