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Cuts to sexual health services imminent.

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HelenaDove · 05/06/2018 23:38

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44353615

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TonnoEMaionese · 26/09/2018 19:03

I'm not a HCP, or in public health. I've always been able to access contraception either because I have money, or because I have lived in areas where accessing it was possible (although for a period I actually travelled back to my parents when I needed my pill refill, because no local surgeries had room on their lists).

Contraception needs to be easily accessible. It saves women's lives.

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HelenaDove · 26/09/2018 18:35

So fed up with these anti women policies.

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arranfan · 26/09/2018 18:28

Yes! It's particularly frightening because I've just been wading through a report on what a universal disaster Community Rehabilitation Companies have been in tackling domestic abuse, preventing re-offending, or even monitoring violent offenders.

www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/inspections/domestic-abuse-the-work-undertaken-by-community-rehabilitation-companies/

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HelenaDove · 26/09/2018 18:17

Abusive men are going to love it. Incidents of reproductive coercion will increase.

If unwanted children are born it will increase the pressure on Childrens Services which are also being cut (there was also some news item a while ago about Childrens Services possibly being privatized.

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arranfan · 26/09/2018 17:22

I think 2019 has the potential to be a mess on a scale that people will find hard to believe. Councils have been hobbling along and hoping that something drastic would happen so these cuts to essential services wouldn't be necessary but they've run out of options.

We have a very odd demographic of very old neighbours who are dying out to be replaced by new householders who are disproportionately young families. There's a huge need for support services from the councils that just can't be met if these restrictions continue.

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HelenaDove · 26/09/2018 16:51

MORE cuts on the way.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-45573921

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HelenaDove · 26/09/2018 16:45

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45447488?platform=hootsuite

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arranfan · 24/09/2018 21:07

This was always the danger of passing Public Health issues to councils as a matter of discretion. It's not surprising tho' as a survey in Jan 2018 reported that 46% of councillors who are the designated lead for Children's Services reported that they don't have enough money to meet their statutory duties. Sexual Health was always going to look like an attractive service to run down...

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HelenaDove · 24/09/2018 20:47

And i think there is a good chance that single and/or young women may withdraw from dating. Eventually then men will notice And its likely that only then will something be done.

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UndercoverGC · 24/09/2018 20:35

This is very worrying. I would advise people to write to their local councils about this. You can find their contact details on www.writetothem.com/

theOtherPamAyres · 24/09/2018 19:58

Trans people will be affected and this will be bad news for them, although they don't know it yet. The government hopes to take transgenderism out of the mental health sphere and into the sexual health budget (hence TWAW and don't have to have dysphoria necessarily, according to everyone from the Prime Minister down).

placemats · 24/09/2018 19:23

Thanks Lass for that clarification. My return button works but not when posting here or elsewhere on the Mumsnet Forums.

LassWiADelicateAir · 24/09/2018 18:53

Why would an increase in STI's lead to an increase in abortion? Congenital syphilis and congenital gonorrhea can be passed through the placenta, not just via the birth canal. Herpes is a terrible risk for vaginal birth but no risk at all for a c-section. The others are a risk to the developing feotus. A woman may well decide to abort. I can't do paragraphs either.

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HelenaDove · 24/09/2018 18:24

Fermats Thanks its so bloody depressing.

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FermatsTheorem · 24/09/2018 17:47

Yup, for some reason I can't get the return key to work on that thread. Or on this one, it seems. Gah. Still, I posted a bit of a rant on your behalf, Helena.

redsummershoes · 24/09/2018 17:44

Why would an increase in STI's lead to an increase in abortion? unprotected sex leads to more sti's and more pregancies.

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HelenaDove · 24/09/2018 17:08

Yes I assumed it was my Return button not working.

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placemats · 24/09/2018 16:51

Is anyone else having trouble regarding paragraphs?

placemats · 24/09/2018 16:49

Why would an increase in STI's lead to an increase in abortion?

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HelenaDove · 24/09/2018 16:42

Well it didnt take long This thread was started about this issue today Ive been called a man hater for saying that women need the timely access to contraception that women of previous generations fought for. ..................oh and anal was suggested as an alternative due to sexual health service cuts So fucking predictable. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3374781-NHS-waiting-lists-for-coil-fitting-causing-unplanned-pregnancies?pg=1

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ConstantlyCold · 06/06/2018 17:34

Really? She had such lovely balanced views Grin

FermatsTheorem · 06/06/2018 12:43

Just for information, J4nice was a troll who has now been ban-hammered.

UpstartCrow · 06/06/2018 12:40

FermatsTheorem explained it better than I can; private companies will step in to 'save' the NHS. There will be drastic changes as a consequence.

If sexual health services have been passed to councils, that makes contraception and abortion a political issue rather than a health issue. As in the US, where abortion rights are constantly under attack, and your ability to access contraception and abortion depends on which state you live in.

J4nice Your silly comment reveals your ignorance of female biology and health. Women in monogamous relationships need contraception.
Some STD's such as thrush or herpes have nothing to do with how many partners you have. And sometimes, partners are unfaithful.

ChattyLion · 06/06/2018 12:29

NHS have expertise in commissioning high quality, cost-effective and joined up sexual health services. Local council’s heads of public health, not so much. Sad

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