 Partner notification contact tracing is essential to the control of sexually transmitted infections. Reports of new chlamydia infections have increased by 66 in the past five years. A National Chlamydia Screening Programme in England, and increasing primary care provision of sexual health care are part of the United Kingdom Governments strategy for tackling increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections. New strategies for managing chlamydia in non-specialist settings are urgently required: genitourinary medicine clinics are failing to cope with their increasing workload; and 45 of cases detected in the chlamydia screening pilot studies were diagnosed in general practice. 