The Public Health England (PHE) action plan focuses on the main affected populations and is aimed at:

clinicians public health specialists specialty societies commissioners of specialist sexual health services A successful response to the current increase in syphilis incidence is dependent upon action that optimises 4 prevention pillars fundamental to syphilis control and prevention. These are:

increase testing frequency of high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) and re-testing of syphilis cases after treatment deliver partner notification to British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) standards maintain high antenatal screening coverage and vigilance for syphilis throughout antenatal care sustain targeted health promotion