The prisons sub-group of the Clinical Governance Committee would like to invite members to take part in this groundbreaking, baselining survey on the state of HIV care provision for prisoners today. Please respond even if you provide care for prisoners in your clinic or in prisons, but have not had any HIV positive inmates as this will help us build up a more complete picture. … [Read more...]
NAT’s HIV Partner Notification Report
NAT's report argues that HIV partner notification can be highly effective in diagnosing people with HIV (with significant benefits for personal and public health), and makes the case for better prioritising and performing partner notification for HIV than is currently the case. It seeks to address current barriers to better practice around HIV partner notification - including … [Read more...]
Health Advisers and BASHH
BASHH has been in existence since 2003 and we are aware that there are not many Sexual Health Advisers registered as members. We would like to ask all Health Advisers (members or not) in the UK for their feedback on BASHH and the services it offers. We would like to know the reasons why you have not joined BASHH, or if you are already a member to give us feedback and help … [Read more...]
Conference Officer 2012 – Gary Barker
Gary Barker Sexual Health Service St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals Marshalls Cross Road St Helens WA9 3DA 01744 646 487 Gary.barker@sthk.nhs.uk Gary is currently working as senior health advisor for St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals, which has a newly intergraded sexual health service. He has worked in sexual health for 7 years and worked in A&E prior to … [Read more...]
SHIVAG: New Prosecution Policy on International or Reckless Transmission of, or Exposure to, Sexually Transmitted Infections
This guidance sets out how prosecutors should deal with cases involving an allegation of intentional or reckless sexual transmission of, or exposure to, infection which has serious, potentially life threatening consequences for the person infected. In developing this guidance, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has consulted with the public health sector … [Read more...]