Level 3 Genitourinary Medicine Service

A Level 3 Genitourinary Medicine Service is a SERVICE.

A Level 3 Genitourinary Medicine Service is a Sexual Health Service  that provides Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) management and includes SERVICES  provided by Level 1 Sexual Health Services  and Level 2 Sexual Health Services.

A Level 3 Genitourinary Medicine Service  also includes:

• Sexually Transmitted Infection testing and treatment of men who have sex with men

• Sexually Transmitted Infection testing and treatment of men with dysuria and genital discharge

• Testing and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections at extra-genital sites

• Sexually Transmitted Infections with complications, with or without symptoms

• Sexually Transmitted Infections in pregnant women

• Gonorrhoea cultures and treatment of gonorrhoea

• Recurrent or recalcitrant Sexually Transmitted Infections and related conditions

• Management of syphilis at all stages of infection and blood borne viruses

• Tropical Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Specialist HIV treatment and care

• Provision and follow up of HIV post exposure prophylaxis (PEP), both sexual and occupational

• Sexually Transmitted Infection service co-ordination across a network including:

  • Clinical leadership of Sexually Transmitted Infection management

  • Co-ordination of clinical governance

  • Co-ordination of Sexually Transmitted Infection training

  • Co-ordination of partner notification