Digital Front Door

Since 2021, the Digital Front Door programme has seen us design, build and pilot innovative clinical tools and services that empower our service users to take control of their sexual health and wellbeing, supported by access to educational information. This has been with extensive support and input from our clinical team and service users.

But over the last year, we have rapidly evolved and expanded our offer, dramatically increasing functionality to offer a full patient portal through which users can access eight new tools and pathways.

My Brook

The launch of My Brook in November 2023 marks the third phase of our Digital Front Door programme. With My Brook, service users can create an online account, through which they can order home STI tests, view their test results and test history, order online treatment, request contraception, and book appointments.

For Brook staff, our Staff Hub platform provides a quick dashboard for viewing and prioritising test results, along with comprehensive results management. Additionally, it automatically flags potential safeguarding concerns such as repeated STI testing.

Contraception Tool

Our 2023 research showed that young people often feel their contraception consultations with health care professionals are inadequate due to feeling a lack of autonomy or insufficient time.  

We also know that young people are turning to social media and other sources of information that may be inaccurate. That’s why we launched a new contraception tool designed to empower young people to find the best method of contraception for them.  

The tool, endorsed by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, offers a simple way to navigate the many methods of contraception available with bite-sized information to dispel common misconceptions on condoms and fertility awareness methods.  

In 23/24 10,829 young people used Brook’s contraception tool. 

Watch our video about the Tool