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Most people go to sexual health clinics to get a diagnosis. So teaching clinic staff is vital to a better life for people diagnosed with genital herpes: 31 thousand each year.
This is the number of people diagnosed each year.
The HVA supports people with genital herpes with physical and psychological advice.. (And shingles, but that's for a different project.) Once they are diagnosed they seek out help. Our website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts help - but speaking to us on the helpline and having an 'email conversation' for personal advice and help is popular. However, how they are first treated and what information is given to them by the doctor or clinic staff can set the direction them head in...
NHS provides annual statistics re genital herpes diagnoses
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