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Partner notification in primary care
  1. J A Cassell1,
  2. M G Brook1,
  3. R Slack2,
  4. N James2,
  5. A Hayward2,
  6. A M Johnson3
  1. 1Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, Off Capper Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
  2. 2Division of Public Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School
  3. 3Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences and Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, University College London, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Jackie Cassell, Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, Off Capper Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK; 
 jackiec{at}quadrivium.demon.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.79.3.264-a

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    In the past decade chlamydia tests have become more widely available in primary care, and many female patients are now diagnosed and treated in this setting.1,2 The lack of skills and resources for partner notification in primary care is now a matter of public health concern.3 We undertook a survey of GPs in three districts in order to explore their current practice and attitudes in relation to partner notification and treatment.

    All GPs in the Nottingham Health District (n=367), and GPs recruited for the Chlamydia Partnership Project in north London (n=65) (a randomised trial of health adviser led partner notification for primary care patients) were invited to complete a short questionnaire. The response …

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