AQW 5801/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health whether her Department has plans to renew the Sexual Health Promotion Strategy.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 20 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 20 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 4 November 2016
- Answered
- 4 November 201615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The five year Sexual Health Promotion Strategy and Action Plan was published in December 2008. In June 2013, the then Minister for Health agreed to extend the life of the Strategy and Action Plan for a further two years. This work commenced in the summer of 2013. The updated Action Plan was published in March 2014 and ran to the end of December 2015.
The Public Health Agency facilitated a major sexual health workshop on 25 October with stakeholders to consider key issues and potential actions for improving sexual health services and approaches to sexual health promotion. I will consider the report on the outcome and proposals from this workshop before making any decision on the way forward.