Right now, some vulnerable young people are choosing not to seek sexual health advice because they worry about confidentiality or are unsure of where to go.
That’s why it is so vitally important to make sure that your local area is providing the best sexual health services for young people which meet their needs.
It’s also why it’s so important to ensure that young people know that the services they access will be confidential.
So we’ve issued the Brook Challenge. We’d like you to register with us if you are concerned that your local area doesn’t provide good enough services for young people. Or to let us know if you have found pockets of exceptionally good practice that you think we should let other people know about.
Ask yourself these questions:
- Are there separate sexual health services for young people?
- Are they open everyday, after school and at weekends?
- Are the services well publicised?
- Area all schools providing sex and relationships education (not just the biology of reproduction and sexually transmitted infections)
- Are sexual health services or schools able to maintain confidentiality if someone under 16 is sexually active but not thought to be at risk of serious harm?
- Are young people involved in the design, development and evaluation of services?
Then, register with us to let us know the answers and we’ll be in touch with more information or advice.
For more information on young people’s rights and confidentiality you can download our briefings Helping or Hindering and Young people have the right to....
Young people deserve the best sexual health services.
Help Brook make sure they get them.
