The 82,592 diagnoses of gonorrhoea in 2022 is the largest annual number on record; 38,923 of these diagnoses were in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GMBSM). In 2022 there were 8,692 syphilis diagnoses, the largest annual number since 1948; 6,003 of these diagnoses were in GBMSM.
