Guidance

Public health services non-mandatory contract

These documents are designed for use by local authorities in public health commissioning services including sexual health services.

From:
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and UK Health Security Agency
Published
4 July 2013
Last updated
20 March 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Integrated sexual health service specification 2023

PDF, 525 KB, 64 pages

Public health services contract 2015 to 2016

MS Word Document, 356 KB

Guidance on the public health services contract 2015 to 2016

PDF, 490 KB, 38 pages

Section C - annex to the guidance

RTF, 166 KB

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Sexual health services: key principles for cross-charging

PDF, 179 KB, 17 pages

Sexual health: clinical governance

PDF, 186 KB, 19 pages

Details

The public health services contract is adaptable for use for a broad range of public health services and delivery models. It provides a framework to hold providers to account for the delivery of these services to achieve improved health outcomes.

The document titled ‘Integrated sexual health service specification 2023’ is to help local authorities commission integrated sexual healthcare and can be used alongside the non-mandatory public health services contract.

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Updates to this page

Published 4 July 2013
Last updated 20 March 2023 + show all updates

  1. Replaced 'Integrated sexual health services: a suggested national service specification' with the latest 'Integrated sexual health service specification 2023', updated email address for enquiries, and retagged page as belonging to OHID and UKHSA.

  2. ‘Integrated sexual health services: a suggested national service specification’ replaces ‘Integrated sexual health services: national service specification’. ‘Sexual health services: key principles for cross-charging’ replaces the ‘Framework of principles on cross-charging arrangements for sexual health services’. Both documents have been updated throughout.

  3. Updated public health services contract and the guidance for 2015 to 2016.

  4. Updated public health services contract and the guidance for 2014 to 2015

  5. added document Sexual health: clinical governance

  6. The 'Integrated Sexual Health Services: National Service Specification' added for use by local authorities.

  7. First published.

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