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Health and Social Care Committee – Sexual Health, May 2019. Recommendations made in the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on Sexual health (Fourteenth Report of Session 2017–19).
Public Health England – Review of commissioning for sexual health, reproductive health and HIV, 2017
Department of Health and Social Care – A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England,March 2013. Sets out the Government’s ambitions for improving sexual health. The document aims to provide the information, evidence base and support tools to enable those involved in sexual health improvement to work together effectively, and ensure that accessible high quality services and support are available to everyone.

Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare – Opportunities to embed sexual and reproductive health care services into new models of care. A practical guide for commissioners and service providers,November 2019. Report that sets out case studies demonstrating the potential for new models of care to embed SRH services. It is based on an audit to assess the extent to which SRH is being factored into new models of care.
Local Government Association – Sexual Health Commissioning in Local Government, September 2019. Report that provides case studies from around the country of councils collaborating, both among themselves and with CCGs and NHS England, to commission integrated services and improve the sexual health and wellbeing of their local populations
Public Health England – Contraception: Economic Analysis Estimation of the Return on Investment (ROI) for publicly funded contraception in England, June 2018. This report aims to analyse the Return on Investment (ROI) for publicly funded contraception in England using the latest available evidence and data.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – Resources for commissioners of women’s health services. Resource for the commissioning of women’s health services including abortion.

Public Health England – Sexual and reproductive health and HIV: applying All Our Health, December 2019. Guidance on Sexual and reproductive health and HIV.
NICE – Impact Sexual Health, February 2019. Report that considers how NICE’s evidence-based guidance contributes to improvements in sexual health.
Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare – A Quality Standard for Contraceptive Services, April 2014. This Quality Standard sets out the contraceptive care that individuals using services should expect and be entitled to receive. It is designed to support commissioners and providers to deliver high-quality services that deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals.
Department of Health and Social Care – Integrated Sexual Health Services – National Service Specification, June 2013. A suggested service specification for integrated sexual health services.
Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare – Service Standards for Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, January 2013. A full range of service standards applicable to community sexual and reproductive health services and some aspects of contraceptive care in general practice.

Local Government Association, English HIV and Sexual Health Commissioners’ Group – Breaking Point: Securing the future of sexual health services, November 2022. This report focuses on the increased demand and funding pressures facing local authority commissioned sexual health services.
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare – Hatfield Vision, July 2022. Named for Jane Hatfield, first CEO of the FSRH, the Hatfield Vision is a framework that sets out what needs to be achieved to improve the health of women and girls in the UK.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – Better for women report, December 2019. This report identifies simple and cost-effective solutions to prevent girls and women falling through the cracks of our health systems.
Medical Foundation for HIV and Sexual Health – The impact of cuts to local authority public health budgets: Report of a survey conducted by MEDFASH (March – April 2016), November 2016.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK – APPG SRH UK – Breaking down the barriers: The need for accountability and integration in sexual health, reproductive health and HIV services in England, July 2015.
Bayer HealthCare – Fit for purpose? A Freedom of Information audit of the provision of training for fitting intrauterine contraceptive devices, April 2015.
Development Economics, commissioned by Brook and the Family Planning Association – Unprotected nation. The Financial and Economic Impacts of Restricted Contraceptive and Sexual Health Services, January 2013. Sets out the potential health and economic implications of the continuation of restrictions in access to contraceptives and sexual and reproductive health services.

- NHS Digital – Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, England (Contraception) 2021/22, September 2022. Report on contraceptive activity taking place at dedicated Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in England.
- Office for Health Improvement & Disparities – Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2021, December 2022. Report providing national statistics on abortions recorded in England and Wales in 2021, published annually since 2002.
- Office for National Statistics – Conceptions in England and Wales: 2020, April 2022. Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales, with numbers and rates by age group including women aged under 18 years.
- Office for National Statistics – Conceptions in England and Wales: 2018, March 2020. Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales, with numbers and rates by age group including women aged under 18 years.
- Public Health England – Sexual and reproductive health profiles, 2019. Resources to support local authorities, public health leads and other interested parties to monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their population and the contribution of local public health related systems. Interactive maps, charts and tables provide a snapshot and trends across a range of topics including teenage pregnancy, abortions, contraception, HIV, sexually transmitted infections and sexual offences.
- Department of Health and Social Care – Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2018, June 2019. Statistics and commentary on abortions carried out in 2018 in England and Wales.
- Public Health England – Sexual health, reproductive health and HIV in England: A guide to local and national data (revised December 18), January 2019. Guide that provides health professionals including local government, service providers and commissioners with the key information they require in order to understand the sexual and reproductive health data that are available and how the data can be accessed.
- Public Health England – Reproductive health: what women say, June 2018. Information about the gaps in data and services in reproductive health and healthcare for women.
- Health and Social Care Information Centre – General Practice prescribing data. Data on NHS prescriptions written in England, by GPs and other non-medical prescribers (such as nurse and pharmacists) who are attached to GP practices, and dispensed in the community in the UK.

NHS Digital – NHS Contraceptive Services, England – 2013-14, Community contraceptive clinics, October 2014. Data on contraceptive services provided in community contraceptive services, including supporting data tables.