We have carried out a review of sexual health services for Somerset Partnership NHS Trust. The review included an audit of services, as well as work with young people in different settings, to explore improving access to services in the area. The review focussed on the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans young people in the county.

Berkeley Wilde, Director of the Diversity Trust said: “We have been working with sexual health service providers and with groups of LGB and Trans young people in Somerset over the last year to explore different ways in which to improve access to sexual health services. Our report makes a number of recommendations to a range of service providers on how to improve access. We hope you find the report useful in your work.”

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We have launched a new report on access to substance misuse services by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans communities in Bristol. The report highlights the need for specialist and targeted services to improve the reach to LGB and Trans communities in Bristol.

A new report by the Diversity Trust, working in collaboration with Bath Spa University and Bath and North East Somerset Council, explores key areas of health inequality and discrimination, as well as the positive experiences LGB and Trans people have of living in the area.

In April 2012 NHS Somerset and Somerset LINk jointly commissioned the Diversity Trust to research the experiences of health and social care with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans (LGB&T) communities in Somerset.

A new report is published today which highlights the health and wellbeing needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans people in South Gloucestershire.