Boots has launched a private gonorrhoea vaccination in 160 stores, expanding its range of sexual health services.
Research by the multiple found that despite 400,000 new sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) being recorded in England last year, “90% of UK adults do not routinely look after their sexual health, including checking for STIs”.
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The new jab offers an alternative route of protection for patients aged over 18 who cannot access the NHS jab. Customers will have two doses of the vaccine, each costing £110 and delivered four weeks apart.
“Break the chain of transmission”
Superintendent Pharmacist at Boots Claire Nevinson called the vaccine a “convenient way for people to help protect their sexual health”.
“Gonorrhoea often spreads silently with many people unknowingly passing on the infection,” she said. “Vaccinations can help to break the chain of transmission, helping to protect people from catching the infection in the first place.”
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It comes after Boots launched its new GLP-1 ‘support zones’ in over 220 stores.
And it follows the launch of the multiple’s new private bone health scan service aimed at helping customers “identify early risks of osteoporosis”.
