56 Dean Street

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56 Dean Street
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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56 Dean Street
Geography
Location56 Dean Street, Soho, London, England, W1D 6AQ
Coordinates 51°30′45″N0°07′55″W / 51.5125°N 0.1320°W / 51.5125; -0.1320
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Type Specialist
Services
Speciality Sexual health
Gender dysphoria
History
Former name(s)Outpatient 6
The Victoria Clinic
OpenedMarch 2009 (at current location)
Links
Website www.dean.st

56 Dean Street, based in Dean Street in London's Soho district, is a sexual health clinic. [1] Part of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It also has a second branch, Dean Street Express, [2] located at 34 Dean Street, which offers a sexual disease testing service. [3] As of 2017, the clinic was the largest HIV clinic in Europe. [4] In addition to its specialism in HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases, it also offers general sexual health care services, including contraception. [2] The clinic also runs TransPlus - the UK’s first integrated NHS gender dysphoria, sexual health, and HIV service.

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Services

Primary

56 Dean Street is recognized internationally for its innovation, particularly in regard to its engagement with London's higher-risk communities as well as HIV epidemic management. HIV combination prevention is the multifactorial approach to addressing the HIV epidemic. [5] It includes:

With the result being that new HIV infection rates in London have dropped dramatically since the introduction of these interventions. [1]

Other services

56 Dean Street hosts a variety of talking therapies and sexual well-being services. [8] [9]

As of 2018, limitations on funding have substantially reduced the clinic's ability to offer its services, with significant reductions in the number of appointments available each day. [11]

History

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Staff at the 2017 Pride in London march

Dean Street has a long history of providing sexual health services. [12] The world’s first VD (venereal disease) clinic for men was based at 91 Dean Street, London in 1862. Over the years it has had several different names and has been based in different parts of London. Originally it was part of the Westminster Hospital and was known as Outpatient 6. It was at the Westminster Hospital that Professor Brian Gazzard diagnosed one of Europe’s first cases of AIDS in 1981.

In 1993, the Westminster Hospital moved to Fulham Road to become part of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Outpatient 6 was relocated to Vincent Square and the name was changed to the Victoria Clinic. It has been known as 56 Dean Street since it moved to Soho in March 2009.

In 2011, 56 Dean Street set the World Record for most HIV tests performed in one location on World Aids Day at G-A-Y Bar in Soho, London. [12]   In 2014 Dean Street Express was opened, the first clinic in the world to have an on-site Infinity machine, allowing this service to give results within 6 hours.

In 2003, it was the first NHS service to offer rapid 1-hour HIV Point of Care testing. [12]

In 2018, 56 Dean Street "developed the idea of creating a drama series depicting life of men who have sex with men (MSM) in London". [13] They secured funding through HIV charity Wandsworth Oasis to create three episodes of a series called The Grass Is Always Grindr. These three episodes were released on YouTube and formed the first season of the drama, acting as a pilot for the longer second season. The web series proved popular, "garnering over 180,000 views on YouTube within 4 months of its release". [13] A second season was commissioned in collaboration with Public Health England and has since had over 10 million view on YouTube. [13]

Awards and achievements

In October 2014, the CQC (Care Quality Commission) inspection report stated that "There were effective procedures to support a safe and effective service for patients. Clinical standards were adhered to and patients were appropriately involved in research and drug trials. The environment at clinics was clean and uncluttered. The clinics at 56 Dean Street and Dean Street Express were trendy, modern and bright. One patient representative told us the team had brought 'sexual health and HIV services into the 21 Century'. Patients described the service offered at each of the clinics as 'exceptional', 'caring', 'confidential' and 'quick'. Staff were highly trained and were compassionate and caring. They treated patients with dignity and respect and 'normalised' conversations about sexual health. Staff worked in a multidisciplinary way to centre care around the patient." [14]

2016 data leak scandal

In May 2016, the clinic was fined £180,000 after the details of nearly 800 patients who had visited HIV clinics were leaked in an email. [15] A newsletter issued in 2015 was sent to patients of the clinic, but instead of blind copying patients' email addresses, every recipient was able to view the names and email addresses of other recipients. The scandal caused emotional distress and alarm, and an apology was subsequently issued by the director of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the clinic.

Sexual assault controversy

In February 2018, the Chelsea and Westminster Trust was forced to agree to a settlement with a former patient as a result of sexual assaults perpetrated by a senior nurse during routine appointments at the Dean Street clinic, dating back to 2013. The clinic found itself embroiled in further scandal after it emerged that multiple complaints had been directed to staff members, including senior management but had been either subsequently ignored or dismissed by internal investigations. [16]

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  2. 1 2 "56 Dean Street — Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust". www.chelwest.nhs.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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  10. ↑ "Home Page". Transplus. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "HIV Transmission Rates Have Fallen, But We Can't Be Complacent". Vice. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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  13. 1 2 3 Public Health England HIV Prevention Innovation Fund: Cohort 4 Evaluation Report (PDF) (Report). March 2021.
  14. ↑ "CQC Care Quality Commission. Chelsea and Westminster hospital NHS Foundation Trust Quality report 2014". Archived from the original on 15 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "NHS trust fined for 56 Dean Street HIV status leak". BBC. 6 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Man awarded compensation following sexual assault by a nurse at London sexual health clinic". 28 February 2018.
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