If you work in sexual health, you’ve probably heard the comments about Sexual Health Advisers...Some are curious, some are confused, and some are… well, a little off the mark!For example:“Aren’t Sexual Health Advisers kind of an endangered species?”“Don’t they make people cry?”“Or stop people crying?”“They’re the ones who tell partners they’ve got an STI, right?”“They sort out … [Read more...]

Dr Manish Sen is currently a teaching assistant at the University of Manchester, and has taught on a range of courses, including foundational topics in sociology, race and ethnicity in the UK, and gender and sexuality. I completed my doctoral research in 2025 at the University of Manchester, which was on British South Asian gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) men. I found that … [Read more...]

Award Winning, BASHH endorsed, Co-Produced Films to Strengthen Partner Notification and STI Testing. Dr Melvina Woode Owusu, on behalf of the LUSTRUM2 team and our co-producers. STI diagnoses remain high across the UK, with 364,750 diagnoses in England in 2024 and similarly elevated trends in Scotland. Partner notification (PN) therefore remains essential for preventing … [Read more...]

Hasan Mirza: PrEP & Sexual Health Pharmacist, Ambrose King Centre, Royal London Hospital. Sexual assault remains a global concern. In the UK, around one in four women and one in eighteen men experience rape or sexual assault after the age of 16. Yet fewer than one in six report it to the police.It is difficult to determine STI rates linked to sexual assault due to … [Read more...]

Dear All Welcome to our Spring SSHA Newsletter! We hope you like the new and improved style layout. We are also working on updating and streamlining our SSHA Website to make it more user friendly and easier to find information. Keep checking SSHA - Society of Sexual Health Advisers and let us know what you think. Huge thanks to Kevin from Blue Light who is leading us … [Read more...]