5 August 2016 by Sarah Boseley (Guardian) Link to Article Draft guidance from Nice says councils should consider schemes to provide free advice and condoms to halt rise in HIV and gonorrhoea Local authorities should run schemes to supply young people with free condoms and sex advice in an attempt to curtail the number of sexually transmitted infections, a health … [Read more...]
NHS will not fund anti-HIV Prep drug plan
31st May 2016 By Michelle Roberts BBC News website Article Link NHS England has reiterated it will not fund a "game-changer" drug treatment that can prevent HIV, angering HIV charities which had been campaigning to reverse the decision. The NHS is standing firm and says it has no responsibility to provide the treatment, known as Prep. It says the onus should fall … [Read more...]
GP public health services cut by local authorities, poll reveals
15 February 2016 One in three GP partners say public health services at their practice have been reduced since local authorities took over commissioning them in 2013, a GPonline poll reveals. GPs across England have seen services such as weight management, smoking advice, sexual health and contraception cut back. Out of 303 GP partners who responded to a GPonline poll on … [Read more...]
London Sexual Health Transformation Project
DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT 142kB Background This is the third of our regular monthly update briefings about this project, set up to work in partnership to deliver a new commissioning model for open access sexual health services across much of the capital, including Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) (services for the screening and treatment of Sexually Transmitted infections (STIs) and … [Read more...]