BASHH are looking for Health Advisers and Nurses to join a group. They meet around three times a year (in London or via teleconference). They are currently updating the BASHH Sexual Assault guidelines as well as working on other projects. If you are interested please email dwardle@nhs.net before 31 August 2018with details of your experience and reasons why you would like to … [Read more...]
BASHH Public Petition
Dear BASHH member Further to the email circulated last week, we are pleased to inform you that the ‘Save our sexual health services’ public petition has now been launched, and is accessible online here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-our-sexual-health-services-1 We’ve been delighted with the initial response to the petition and with the level of … [Read more...]
ABC of Sexual Dysfunction
Date Thursday 19th October 2017 Location Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN Information This popular educational meeting offers an introduction to the latest information on the assessment and management of common sexual problems but is also useful to update and refresh current practice. Educational content is relevant to doctors, … [Read more...]
Hospitals and GP practices fail to check for HIV
Some hospitals and GP practices in England and Scotland are failing to carry out recommended HIV checks, a BBC investigation has found. Experts suggest patients in areas with high rates of HIV ought to be offered a test when they register with a GP or are admitted to hospital. But research carried out for BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme suggests many NHS providers are … [Read more...]
Gonorrhea antibiotics rendered ineffective by STI’s ‘high levels of resistance’, WHO warns
1 September 2016 Ian Johnston Article Link The sexually transmitted disease could become untreatable with 'serious sexual and reproductive health consequences', World Health Organisation says An entire class of antibiotics should not be used to treat one of the main sexually transmitted diseases, gonorrhoea, because it has developed “widespread, high levels of … [Read more...]