This training has been postponed for the time being. Further dates will be released for Spring 2016. Talk Change – Change Talk in Motivational Interviewing Advanced Communication Skills for Practitioners in Sexual Health This training is important to all staff working in sexual and reproductive health roles this includes sexual health advisers, nurses and … [Read more...]
Are budget cuts risking the nation’s sexual health?
5th May 2016 By Baroness Gould & Lord Paddick / PoliticsHome Article Link Are cuts to public health budgets undermining years of progress on sexual health? Labour’s Baroness Gould and Lib Dem Lord Paddick urge the government to think again. Sexual health cannot be allowed to go backwards. We need real leadership from Westminster, warns Baroness Gould The NHS is … [Read more...]
David Cameron says approving PrEP on NHS will “make a difference”
11th May 2016 Rari Vlad / Gay Times Article Link David Cameron has announced that he will push the NHS for a decision on PrEP availability “in this month if possible”. During the Prime Minister’s Questions today, Cameron spoke in favour of funding the Pre-exposure Prophylactic treatment Truvada on the NHS. The treatment – which has been approved by the World Health … [Read more...]
Lawyer who supplied ‘chemsex’ party drugs which killed his boyfriend is sentenced
9 May 2016 BBC News Article Link A barrister whose teenage boyfriend died from a lethal cocktail of "chemsex" party drugs has been sentenced for drug possession. Henry Hendron bought £1,000 worth of mephedrone and GBL from BBC producer Alex Parkin for parties at his City of London apartment, the court heard. On 20 January, the 35-year-old lawyer woke to find his … [Read more...]
‘They didn’t know they were victims’: revenge porn helpline sees alarming rise
Sandra Laville and Josh Halliday / The Guardian 8 May 2016 Article Link On a business estate in Devon, Jade sits at a computer screen and hovers her mouse over an innocent selfie of a young woman from Scotland. In a matter of seconds, she is led down the internet’s tunnels and diversions deep into what was once the private world of the 21-year-old. As she follows the … [Read more...]