Women’s centre reveals significant rise in cases of sexually transmitted disease

THERE has been a significant increase in the number of detected cases of the sexually transmitted infection, Chlamydia, in recent months, according to the Well Woman Centre.

The clinic, which carries out private screening programmes, is calling for a national sexual health strategy to deal with a sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Public patients are being forced to wait to be screened for diseases such as HIV, Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea.