General Article Collapse in sexual health checks after funding cuts driving soaring STI rates, Labour suggests

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Syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia all on the rise.

By Colin Drury

Sexually transmitted infections are soaring across England as new figures show the number of people receiving sexual health checks has collapsed as budgets have been cut.

STIs such as syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia are all on the rise, Public Health England has previously warned.

Now, health minister Steve Brine has admitted that related health checks have fallen by 245,000 in the past three years.

He disclosed the figure ...

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