Contracts for remote or online sexual health testing
Case reference FOI2024/00213
Published 9 February 2024
Request
Please answer the following questions in relation to online sexual health services.
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?
Response
Please answer the following questions in relation to online sexual health services.
1. Does the authority commission or procure these services?
Yes.
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?
2021/2022: £119,414
2022/2023: £174,472
April 2023 to December 2023: £143,273
b. How much did the authority spend on online services?
2021/2022: £69,362
2022/2023: £92,465
April 2023 to December 2023: £70,303
c. How many citizens were tested using online services?
2021/2022: 3138
2022/2023: 2810
April 2023 to December 2023: 2157
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
Preventx is the only of these providers we use so the figures above.
b. SH 24
N/A
c. TDL or their NHS joint venture, Health Service Laboratories
N/A
d. Viapath
N/A
e. Synlab or their joint venture, Synnovis
N/A
f. Lloyd's pharmacy
N/A
g. NHS Trusts/ their laboratory services
N/A
h. Other. Please name any provider where the spend in any year exceeded £100,000.
N/A
4. When did the authority last issue a tender for these services?
October 2023
5. When does the current contract expire?
March 31st 2024
Documents
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