RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Managing and reporting notifiable disease in the sexual health clinic JF Sexually Transmitted Infections JO Sex Transm Infect FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 452 OP 454 DO 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051095 VO 90 IS 6 A1 Sophie Herbert A1 Kirsty Hewitt A1 Jackie A Cassell YR 2014 UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/90/6/452.abstract AB Notifiable infections can be and often are transmitted sexually and the process of notification often does not work well in the GUM setting. It is the statutory duty of medical practitioners to report notifiable infections, but there are a number of barriers to reporting in sexual health, in particular concerns that notification may breach confidentiality. In this article, we hope to explain the reporting process and aim to highlight why we need to report and what health protection teams do with the information provided. We hope to make the process simple so that GUM clinics can fulfil their public health obligations and enable timely and appropriate public health action to be taken.