Revised and updated Standards for the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) In January 2014 MEDFASH and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) published updated standards for the management of STIs. They were developed in collaboration with Public Health England (PHE) and professional and membership bodies from across healthcare, public … [Read more...]
‘GLIMPSE” Inside the mind of a child sex abuser’
Hi, I am emailing on behalf of Jim Gamble, the founder and former CEO of CEOP, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. I wanted to pass on some information to you about a series of conferences were are running called ‘GLIMPSE” Inside the mind of a child sex abuser’ in five locations throughout the UK - Edinburgh, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cardiff and London on week … [Read more...]
BASHH-BHIVA conference 2014 & Innovation monies
Dear BASHH member, We have two items for you to note in this email: BASHH-BHIVA conference 2014 A gentle reminder: the deadline for this year’s BASHH-BHIVA for standard registration is the 17th of January. There cannot be any extensions. The programme is very exciting with a mix of sexual health and HIV medicine. Please make sure your abstracts are submitted by the … [Read more...]
Keep HIV treatment information in our clinics
Dear Colleague, I am writing to update you about our campaign to Keep HIV treatment information in our clinics. I am also writing to seek your help to ensure people living with HIV attending your services can continue have access to high quality information about their treatment and care. Update At the end of March this year, amidst the overhaul of commissioning … [Read more...]
New community sexual health centre proves popular with patients
Guy’s and St Thomas’ new community sexual health centre has treated almost 20% more patients since moving from a hospital clinic 12 months ago. Burrell Street in Southwark is the first NHS sexual health clinic in London to open seven days a week – it replaced the Lydia Clinic at St Thomas’ in December 2012. There were 24,980 attendances at Burrell Street from January to … [Read more...]