The DaSH (Design and Sexual Health) programme was an innovative partnership between Design Options and Gateshead PCT to design a new genito-urinary medicine and sexual health service for Gateshead.
Without its own service, residents of Gateshead had to travel to Newcastle or South Shields to be tested and treated for sexually-transmitted infections. Recognising the problem, the Department of Health provided funding to develop a new service in Gateshead.