Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of workforce training within service specifications for sexual health services.

The content and standards of professional healthcare training is the responsibility of the professional regulators, which have the general function of promoting high standards of education to ensure that healthcare professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice. The Department published a model service specification for integrated sexual health services in May 2013:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210726/Service_Specification_with_covering_note.pdf

Provision of workforce training and education features prominently in this document.