NHS begins rollout of world-first gonorrhoea vaccine programme
Sexual health clinics will be able to offer a free vaccine to patients at highest risk of the sexually transmitted infection (STI), including gay and bisexual men who have a recent history of multiple sexual partners and a bacterial STI in the previous 12 months.
The 4CMenB vaccine will help shield those most at risk of gonorrhoea — potentially averting up to 100,000 cases of the disease, while easing pressure on vital NHS services.
It will play a key role in the government’s shift from sickness to prevention as it makes the NHS fit for the future as part of its Plan for Change.
The Sexual Health and Contraception service (SHAC) run by University Hospitals Sussex is one of only 20 clinics across England offering the world-first vaccination programme.
