Gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses hit record levels in England
England saw record numbers of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses last year, according to new figures released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). There were 82,592 gonorrhoea cases in 2022, reflecting an increase of 50.3 per cent from the 54,961 diagnoses in 2021. It marks the highest number of diagnoses in any single year since records began in 1918. Data from the UKHSA also showed that infectious syphilis diagnoses increased by 15.2 per cent from 2021 (7,543 cases) to 2022 (8,692 cases). Last year, there were more than 400 diagnoses…
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