Dear BASHH members, Please find below an urgent clinical alert that has been issued by Public Health England, relating to the recent identification of two cases of infection with extensively-drug-resistant (XDR) Neisseria gonorrhoeae. For treatment advice, please contact helen.fifer@phe.gov.uk BASHH are also working with Public Health England to support the release 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...]
Health Advisers receive BASHH awards at this years BASHH Conference
There was a special Sexual health Nurses and Sexual Health Advisers symposium that ran on the first morning of the BASHH Conference 2016 with presentations aimed specifically at and by these groups. There were 4 Bronze scholarships awarded to Sexual Health Advisers this year for the quality of their abstract submissions – this means they received complimentary conference … [Read more...]