County Durham Local Teenage Pregnancy Strategy - Full Document

5. Plans to improve the monitoring of service uptake by age, gender,
race
In ten years time at each point where sexual health information, advice and/or
contraception can be obtained, monitoring procedures will be in place to
measure the uptake of services. This will be developed in conjunction with
service users, NHS Trusts, PCGs and General Practitioners. Where
appropriate the guidance for evaluation and the toolkit provided by the Health
Promotion Research Unit will be used. (Sexual Health Services for Yo ung
People, August 2000).
6. Cross referral and planning of services to ensure coverage at key
times and periods such as holidays, weekends etc.
There will be a cross referral pattern demonstrated on a flowchart which every
health, social, education and community worker can refer to. The flowchart
will detail information about services, their availability, and opening hours so
that any of the above professionals can refer a young person to the
appropriate place/service. This will link with the Directory of Services referred
to in the media section of this strategy.
To ensure continuity of care referral pathways will be used so that with
permission of the client, relevant information can be shared between other
professionals and health professionals. It will only be possible to establish
this procedure via a management agreement. In ten years time, it is
envisaged that this procedure will be in place and that it will be established by
using a network of professionals with local knowledge about how it will work in
practice.
7. Plans for involving young people in planning, delivery and review
of services.
A number of methods by which young people can be involved in the planning,
delivery and review of services are being considered. The ten-year strategy
and action plan will be used as a consultation document on which young
people have been asked to comment. The views of young people will be
integrated into the document as they consider the plans for contraception
services herein.
Some of the possibilities by which young people could be involved in the
delivery of services are indicated below. At this stage they are only
possibilities and will not be acted upon until approved by young people, NHS
Trusts, PCGs, General Practice and other concerned bodies.
Possibilities for involving young people in the delivery of services:
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