Letter From SSHA President & Autumn 2026 Newsletter
- Sept 3, 2026
- 5 min read
“The SSHA/BASHH Sexual Health Adviser and Nurse Conference is getting closer – it is taking place online 6th November 2026 9.00am – 16.30pm.
We have specially designed this one-day conference in response to feedback from nurses and sexual health advisers, focusing on the topics, skills, and discussions that matter most in day to-day practice.
We are bringing together professionals from across the field and the event will offer practical insights, shared experiences, and opportunities to connect with colleagues nationwide in an accessible online format.
Pop it in your calendar and click for further info.”
Ceri Evans
Senior Sexual Health Adviser, Hammersmith Broadway Clinic, London.
SSHA Newsletter Autumn 2026
The Autumn 2026 edition of our Newsletter is now available for download. It has a fresh new look and some great articles.
If you have any interesting projects, audits, research that you or your colleagues are working on and would like them to be featured in our next Newsletter, please contact me on ceri.evans4@nhs.net – we would love to see what Sexual Health Advisers around the country are doing.
As always, SSHA is here for you – we want to promote the essential role of SHAs in Sexual Health Services in the four Nations. We want services to recognise that having SHAs as part of the multi-disciplinary team is integral to a successful patient centred service.
SSHA is trying to ensure that all SSHA/UNITE members are in the same SSHA branch so that we are able to contact you more easily, ensure that we have an accurate record of SSHA members and also to receive a percentage of your yearly UNITE subscription.
Historically, when you joined UNITE, you were added to your local UNITE branch. This has meant we have had great difficulty in identifying SSHA Members and ensuring that you receive important emails/information about courses and conferences.
We are now working with UNITE to consolidate SSHA members into one branch. This is quite a complex procedure, so you may receive an email asking if you are happy to be moved out of your local branch and into the SSHA branch (which is based in London/East).
This does NOT affect your UNITE rights in any way, but if you prefer to stay linked to your local branch then please just decline the offer when you receive it.
Remember – being part of SSHA will help you be heard and help the SHA role be seen as a viable and necessary specialist job. If you are not a SSHA/UNITE member, you can find out more and join here: Join Online | Unite The Union.
Remember to state you are a Sexual Health Adviser as this will ensure that you are part of the SSHA branch and receive emails and newsletters.
Please do contact me if SSHA can be of any help or support – we will always do as much as we can.
Sending resilience and fortitude, as always.
Ceri
President of The Society of Sexual Health Advisers (SSHA)
Senior Sexual Health Adviser
10 Hammersmith Broadway
London W6 7AL
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Senior Sexual Health Adviser, Hammersmith Broadway Clinic, London.