I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the following:
The number of sexual health clinics closed in your local authority since 2018.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Sexual Health Clinics Closed | None | None | 8* | None | None | None |
The two main sexual health hubs (in Exeter and Barnstaple) have remained open throughout and the service offer developed during the Covid-19 pandemic to allow for more remote-access, including telephone clinics, on line testing and postal contraception and treatment.
* 8 community based clinics (that had been in community venues, mainly community hospitals, on a weekly or fortnightly basis) were suspended in 2020 due to Covid-19. Of these, 4 have reopened, including those serving those communities at the greatest distance from the 2 main hubs, and with poor public transport.