Reducing sexually transmitted infections

You can now review and comment on this draft guideline.

The consultation closes on Monday, 31 January 2022 at 5pm

How to comment

1. Register your organisation or comment as an individual

If you’re commenting for an organisation, your organisation needs to be registered as a stakeholder.

Not eligible? Contact the stakeholder organisation that most closely represents your interests and pass your comments to them.

We can accept comments from individuals. These will be considered, but you won’t get a formal response and they won’t be posted on the NICE website. Wherever possible we encourage you to submit your comments through a registered stakeholder organisation.

2. Read the consultation documents

Documents to comment on:

• Draft guideline – just the recommendations

• Evidence reviews
  • Evidence review A – interventions to reduce the acquisition and transmission of STIs in high risk groups
  • Evidence review B – Qualitative evidence synthesis for the acceptability of interventions for reducing or preventing the acquisition and transmission of STIs
  • Evidence review C – effectiveness, acceptability and cost effectiveness of strategies to improve uptake of STI testing
  • Evidence review D – effective and cost-effective interventions to increase frequent STI testing in very high-risk groups
  • Evidence review E – for partner notification methods to prevent or reduce STIs
  • Evidence review F – increasing uptake of hepatitis A, hepatitis B and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
  • Evidence review G – effectiveness, cost effectiveness, acceptability and unintended consequences of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV

• Supporting documentation
  • Acknowledgements
  • Methods

 Other information about the consultation

• Equality impact assessment
• Committee membership list and DOI register
• Developing NICE guidelines: how to get involved

3. Add your comments

• You must use this comments form.
• You must declare any links with, or funding from, the tobacco industry

If you share similar views with another organisation, send a joint response.

Make sure you consider:

• The areas that will have the biggest impact on practice and be challenging to implement
• How to help users overcome challenges

Developing NICE guidelines: how to get involved suggests some other areas to comment on.

4. Email the form to us

Email: reducingSTIs@nice.org.uk

Deadline: Monday, 31 January 2022 at 5pm