A Partner Notification Bureau in action - Gill Bell, Nurse Consultant Sexual Health Adviser, Sheffield Real-time Partner Notification - Dr Anatole S Menon-Johansson, SXT Health CIC Health Advisers and Supervision Audit Results - Maeve Cross Senior Health Adviser GUM Belfast Centralised Result Management Bureau - Merle Symonds, Lead Health Adviser & … [Read more...]
Sexual health services to merge in east London in face of government cuts
Public consultations have begun by Tower Hamlets council over plans to merge sexual health and contraception services across east London resulting from spending cuts. Services at Whipps Cross and Newham General hospitals are to be integrated in a new centre planned for Stratford. But the Whitechapel centre would remain open under the proposals for an integrated service … [Read more...]
A&E’s routine HIV testing has helped identify dozens living undiagnosed
A London hospital that introduced routine HIV screening for emergency patients has helped diagnose dozens of people who were unaware they were living with HIV. Since July 2015, patients over the age of 16 who are already undergoing blood tests at St Thomas’ Hospital A&E are tested for HIV at the same time, unless they chose to opt out. During the first year of the … [Read more...]
PrEP HIV drugs: court hears NHS England appeal
NHS England is appealing high court ruling it has power to commission ‘game-changing’ prevention strategy A legal battle is being fought out in the court of appeal over who pays the bill for a service to block HIV infection. The high court ruled that NHS England has the power to commission PrEP, which has been described as a “game changer” in the fight against … [Read more...]
London Sexual Health Transformation Programme: September 2016
Update September 2016 Welcome to the September briefing from the London Sexual Health Transformation Programme. It has been a busy summer with tenders being published for both the e service and the face to face services. The Case for Change We continue to ensure that we are focused on the key drivers that led to the setting up of the collaborative programme in 2014. All … [Read more...]