One in 10 ordering HSE's STI home-testing kit 'were infected'

Professor Fiona Lyons, medical director and clinical lead for the HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme, said the finding suggests that "in addition to being a very busy service with a good uptake, that we are getting the right people who will benefit from the service.”  File photo: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

One in 10 people who ordered an STI home-testing kit from the HSE this year had an infection, the clinical lead for sexual health said, amid plans to expand the service.

Professor Fiona Lyons, medical director and clinical lead for the HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme, described the free service as a world-first.