by Verity Sullivan 19 APRIL 2016 The words “Super Gonorrhoea!” have been splattered across the pages of every news outlet this week. The STI that affects 35,000 people in the UK every year, we’re told, is outsmarting our modern day cures and promises to spread through the population like wildfire. But what’s all the fuss really about? And is our increasingly weary health … [Read more...]
Shocked HIV Charities Blast NHS For “U-Turn” On Drug That Prevents HIV
Mar. 21, 2016 by Patrick Strudwick The NHS has scrapped plans to make Truvada available, prompting fury from HIV organisations. HIV charities are shocked and angry over a “shameful” NHS statement released on Monday announcing that the drug that prevents HIV infection will not be made widely available on the NHS. NHS England published a decision on its website on … [Read more...]
STI increases mean ‘more caution is needed’ over oral sex
14th March 2016 By Rick Kelsey / Newsbeat reporter There's a warning not enough is being done to stop the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through oral sex. Some of the UK's leading sexual health doctors fear people who change partners frequently may not be adequately protecting themselves. The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) says it's … [Read more...]
New Videos from HIV Prevention England
Dear colleague, HIV Prevention England will be releasing a collection of videos on Monday 14 March featuring people living with HIV talking about how treatment has impacted their lives. The videos, which feature people of different sexualities and ethnicities, are being released to raise awareness that living with HIV is now manageable because of treatment and that treatment … [Read more...]
London Sexual Health Transformation Programme: February Update
Update February 2016 As ever, please look at our website at www.wla.london/wla/wlanew.nsf/pages/WLA-385 and contact those named at the end of this briefing if you have any specific questions. And please feel free to send this briefing note onto colleagues who might be interested. The Case for Change With so much activity going on around us and people very busy progressing … [Read more...]