Dorinda Thirlby started in Sexual Medicine/HIV in 1988, first as a nurse and then a Sexual Health Adviser. She has worked as Senior and Principal Health Adviser in 7 clinics in London and for the past 6 years as Health Adviser in Withington Sexual Medicine /HIV out patients in South Manchester. She is also a registered Integrative Psychotherapist. She has in the past … [Read more...]
MI Trainer: Gill Bell
Gill Bell has been a sexual health adviser since 1989, and a nurse consultant sexual health adviser since 2004, at Genitourinary Medicine in Sheffield. She set up the SSHA NICE sub-committee in 2008 to develop a national training programme for sexual health advisers on using a Motivational Interviewing approach to helping people reduce sexual risk. Since then she has written a … [Read more...]
London & Eastern Representative – Elizabeth Hodges & Lesley Robinson
London and Eastern Representative Elizabeth Hodges Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Clinic 1A, Box 38 Addenbrooke’s Hospital Hills Road Cambridge CB2 2QQ 01223 217 137 Elizabeth.Hodges@addenbrookes.nhs.uk … [Read more...]
SSHA Conference: London 2006
A Second Draft of the Consultation Paper on Initial Sexual Health Adviser Education and Preparation - Developed by Anne McNall The Prevalence of Chlamydia Infection in Youth Offenders in HMP/YOI Holloway - Theresa Burns, Sexual Health Adviser Women’s Health Clinic, HMP/YOI Holloway & Marlborough Clinic, Royal Free Hospital The roles, responsibilities and job … [Read more...]
About Us
The Society of Sexual Health Advisers (SSHA) is a UK national organisation with approximately 300 members out of an estimated 350 sexual health advisers in the country. It provides an opportunity for members to meet and work towards further professional development. Sexual health advisers work in Departments of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM Clinics) in the UK and Ireland. The … [Read more...]