BASHH/FRSH Integrated Sexual Health Information Group

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Membership

• Dr Jack Shaw Co-chair BASHH
• Dr Evelyn Kerr Co-chair FRSH
• Dr David Phillips BASHH Rep.
• Dr Darren Cousins BASHH Rep. Wales
• Mr Howard Gees BASHH Rep.
• Dr Rona MacDonald BASHH Rep. Scotland
• Dr Anatole Menon-Johansson BASHH Rep.
• Dr Achyuta Nori BASHH Rep.
• Dr Michael Rayment BASHH Rep.
• Dr Say Quah BASHH Rep. Northern Ireland
• Dr Carol Emerson BHIVA Rep.
• Dr Nathan Acladious FSRH Rep.
• Dr Zara Haider FSRH Rep.
• Dr Asha Kasliwal FSRH Rep.
• Dr Usha Kumar FSRH Rep.
• Mr Cuong Chau UKHSA HARS
• Dr Hamish Mohammed UKHSA GUMCAD
• Mr Stephen Duffell UKHSA GUMCAD
• Mr Alireza Talebi UKHSA
• Ms Mandy Yung UKHSA
• Mrs Helen Leake DHSC
• Ms Olivia De Achaval OHID
• Ms Kate Rogers Brook
• Mr Charles Hewitt Pathway Analytics

Observers from software companies

• Ms Shafeda Mohammed RIOMED
• Mr Andrew Denman Inform Health
• Mr Chris Evans IDOX
• Mrs Joanne Leonard IDOX
• Mr Vinay Neogi IDOX
• Mr Robert Thompson IDOX
• Mr Colin Kowlessar RIOMED
• Mr Ian Stuart IMS
• Mr Sarma Konduru Excelicare
• Mr Anand Viswanathan Excelicare
• Mr Rajesh Jaiswal Excelicare

CP-IS: a briefing for integrated sexual health services in England

A rapid turnaround task-and-finish group established in March 2026 across members of the BASHH/BHIVA/CoSRH Integrated Sexual Health & HIV Information Group, BASHH board, BASHH Adolescent SIG, and NHS England, has generated a document to support Sexual Health Services in England with the implementation of the Child Protection Information System (CP-IS) before the end of 2026. Prior knowledge and experience with CP-IS is extremely variable, with many services unaware of the system and the requirements for its implementation.

This document summarises key information on CP-IS, signposts to detailed associated guidance, and answers queries that services are expected to have.

Please note that all Care Quality Commission regulated services in England, including all Sexual Health Services, are expected to have implemented effective use of CP-IS by December 2026. These services should also have an evidenced implementation strategy for CP-IS in place by June 2026.

Objectives

• To recommend strategies for IT implementation, data collection and reporting for UK Integrated Sexual Health a& HIV (ISHH) Services.
• To advise on the type of information to be collected from ISHH services for the purposes of national audit and public health surveillance.
• To respond to relevant consultations affecting service provision and data collection in ISHH.
• To liaise between member organisations represented and other interested parties over information issues to achieve best patient outcomes.
• To maintain overview of issues pertaining to Information Governance in ISHH.
• To receive and respond to queries and concerns from members relating to IT and IG.
• To anticipate problems relating to IT and IG from new legislation or other changes which affect ISHH.
• To work towards optimising effective IT solutions for ISHH Services.
• Support of other clinical services which submit surveillance data – e.g. primary care, infectious disease units.
• To disseminate important information to CoSRH/BASHH/BHIVA members via organisational websites / newsletters.
• To provide oversight and guidance to the ISHH EPR Working Group.

Significant activities / Outputs 2024-25

• The group met four times during this period.
• The EPR working group met four times during this period.
• The group, and the EPR Working Group, continued to provide support to services affected by the sudden closure of Mill Systems.
• The group, and the EPR Working Group, continued to provide support to services affected by the sudden adjustment to the business overseeing Excelicare.
• The group responded to numerous questions posed by BASHH members regarding data management, information governance and statutory reporting for sexual health services.
• The group advised UKHSA on matters arising including GUMCAD and HARS.
• The Information Group was formally adopted by the British HIV Association who now have formal representation in the membership.
• Draft terms of reference, which will be processed in the next year to report, will update the group’s name to “CoSRH/BASHH/BHIVA Integrated Sexual Health & HIV Information Group”.
• A representative to the group for Northern Ireland was identified and engaged.
• The co-chairs completed a through review and refinement of the working group’s membership.
• The Information Group engaged with colleagues at NHSE to establish knowledge on the transfer and management of data from sexual health services and secondary care providers – focussing on the appropriate use of contraception, STI, and HIV data.
• The Information Group supported colleagues from IFAS to draft a suggested national coding structure for the reporting of non-fatal strangulation by patients attending sexual health services.
• The Information Group began fostering collaborative work between national surveillance systems, EPR providers, clinicians, and updated tariff work in London, to begin considering how complex care can be better coded in sexual health services.
• The Information Group supported collaboration between UKHSA and EPR providers to update ART coding to include novel treatment strategies.
• The EPR working group drafted specifications to support electronic transfers of HIV and PrEP care between providers using the same EPR.
• The EPR working group completed and presented (at conference) the second iteration of the national EHR usability survey – findings were fed back to providers to inform evidence-based product development.
• The EPR working group successfully engaged the leading UK ISH EHR providers in attendance at working group meetings, encouraging current and future collaboration.

Future plans

• Continue to work closely with members of the CoSRH, BHIVA, National Institute for Health Protection, UKHSA, DHSC, NHS Digital, software providers and others to ensure that we meet our objectives.
• Continue to respond to requests for expertise on relevant subjects to the group.
• Ensure the objectives and benefits of this group incorporate relevant issues for all devolved nations of the UK.
• Consideration to be given to an update in / modernisation of SRHAD coding guidance.
• Continued development and planned SNOMED adoption of codes for reported non-fatal strangulation.
• Continue discussions on improving coding for complexity in services.
• Continue to foster collaboration with the ISH EPR industry.
• Continue to develop draft specifications to support digital transfers of HIV and PrEP care.
• The EPR Working Group will continue to drive for standardisation between services, and across providers, to support expected future developments in auto-coding and ambient AI transcription.