BASHH is establishing an International Foundation for Sexual Health Education (IFSHE) with the aim of facilitating access to its educational materials. We are looking for BASHH members to join a steering committee and will consider applicants for the posts of secretary, webmaster, head of fundraising, international liaison officer, and faculty members. If you would like more … [Read more...]
Urgent PHE Clinical Alert – Two cases of XDR gonorrhoea identified in UK residents
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...]
Vicarious Trauma Survey
Sexual Health services across the UK have been adversely affected by cuts to service provision, an increase in the complexity of patients and fewer resources to cope, and many clinics are also struggling to fund clinical supervision for their staff. We wanted to get a feel of how this was affecting the emotional health and wellbeing of the staff on the frontline. To this … [Read more...]
Sexual Violence SIG: Looking for Health Advisers & Nurses
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...]