An NHS search device geared toward serving to individuals discover native sexual well being providers attracts a 3rd extra visits following a financial institution vacation, newest figures present.
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Evaluation carried out by NHS England, which runs the NHS web site, discovered web page visits to the device elevated to a mean of seven,414 within the 24 hours following the summer time financial institution vacation weekends in Could, June and August final 12 months – equal to 1 go to each 12 seconds.
That is in comparison with a every day common of 5,387 visits to the Discover a sexual well being clinic search device for 2022, which is a rise of 38%.
The device invitations guests to seek for a sexual well being clinic of their space by getting into their city, metropolis or postcode. The search directs individuals to a listing of native clinics with hyperlinks they’ll click on on for extra info together with opening instances, contact particulars and what providers they supply.
Final 12 months’s Could Day financial institution vacation noticed 6,840 visits to the search device on Tuesday 3 Could 2022. The prolonged Jubilee financial institution vacation weekend, which gave individuals break day on the Thursday and Friday, additionally noticed a hike in web page visits to 7,628 on Monday 6 June 2022.
There was additionally a peak following the August financial institution vacation weekend with 7,774 visits on Tuesday 30 August 2022.
Our Discover a sexual well being clinic web page is designed to assist individuals seek for essentially the most acceptable service to fulfill their well being wants, inside their native space. The NHS web site is offered on daily basis of the 12 months for anybody who wants it and gives info and recommendation in easy-to-understand language on a variety of situations, making it accessible for all and straightforward for individuals to obtain well being recommendation and assist from a reliable supply.”
Robert Cleary, Content material director for NHS Web site, NHS England
Data on accessing sexual well being providers and details about contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), planning a being pregnant, abortion, sexual issues and sexual assault can be accessible on the NHS web site by way of the Information to sexual well being providers web page.
The NHS web site is the UK’s greatest well being web site with an estimated 2.6 million visits a day in 2022 from individuals searching for info and recommendation.
It contains over 4,000 pages and gives details about 990 medical situations as nicely different well being providers together with making use of for a free UK World Well being Insurance coverage Card for healthcare cowl overseas, discovering a GP, and a being pregnant due date calculator.
The preferred web page on the NHS web site in 2022 was the COVID-19 vaccination reserving web page, with 60 million visits.