Sexual health and well-being for Wales 2009 – 2014

The draft sexual health and well-being for Wales 2009 – 2014 working paper provides a renewed focus for improving sexual health services in Wales. It forms part of Our Healthy Future, the Welsh Assembly Government’s strategic approach to improve the quality and length of life. 
 
The consultation will run for 16 weeks commencing on 15 June 2009 and we would like to hear your views.

The draft paper aims to:

• develop a society that supports open discussion about relationships , sex, and sexuality;
• increase sexual health and relationships literacy;
• improve access to good quality sexual health services;
• reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, particularly among teenage girls;
• reduce the rates of new sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV;
• improve the health and social care for people living with HIV;
• reduce the number of new diagnoses of sexually transmitted Hepatitis B and the number of people at risk;
• strengthen the monitoring, surveillance and research of the population’s sexual health and well-being.

In order to meet these aims, the draft paper recommends that action is required by:

• local health organisations;
• health service planners;
• local authorities;
• third sector providers; and
• the Welsh Assembly Government.

We want to hear your views on the proposed action plan. To assist us in analysing the responses, it would be helpful for you to use the consultation response form which contains a number of key questions.