10,000 home STI testing kits being ordered from HSE each month

Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy Hildegarde Naughton. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Up to 10,000 free home sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing kits are being ordered from the HSE each month, according to new figures.

Minister of State for Public Health Hildegarde Naughton said the HSE received more than 100,000 orders for the kits between January 2023 and end of November.