According to recently gathered statistics, the weekend of the Royal wedding was one to be remembered for reasons beyond Kate and William’s big day. The requirement for the morning-after pill tripled over the holiday weekend according to one primary care trust in Northamptonshire.
The warm summery days, lively street parties and balcony kisses obviously inspired more than courtly romance. This report has spurred the local trust on to hand out information on their free C Card campaign, which ensures that free condoms are accessible to young people from over 200 different outlets in the county. The number of people seeking the morning-after pill highlights the lack of awareness surrounding STIs, as getting pregnant is not the only complication that can arise from a one night stand.
Those attending summer festivals have been warned by the HPA (Health Protection Agency) to take care of their sexual health this season. But it is not just sexually transmitted infections that get the better of festival goers but also sunburn, sprain, cold and flu, sun stroke and even heart attacks and respiratory illnesses are reported at such events as we throw caution to the wind!