Dear colleague, NAT (The National AIDS Trust) are currently undertaking a project looking at the issue of HIV partner notification. They are planning an expert seminar on the subject in the near future, focusing particularly on what measures could be taken to ensure that HIV partner notification is of a high, effective and consistent quality across clinical settings. They are … [Read more...]
GMFA asks clinics to look out for patients referred by it’s new sexual health messaging service
GMFA is asking clinics around the UK to look out for patients referred to them by the pilot for an innovative new online partner notification (PN) service for men who have sex with men. In response to the problem of the large proportion of undiagnosed HIV infection in the gay community and in the light of the fact that untreated STIs can make people much more likely to pick up … [Read more...]
Eastern Region SSHA Study Day
Date Saturday 18th June 2011 Venue Clinic 1A, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ Cost Free for all participants. Lunch provided Who is the study day for? For all health advisers and nurses with health adviser duties in sexual health. [Priority will be given to professionals in the Eastern region, which covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, … [Read more...]
West Sussex Structured Interview (WeSSI)
Information Sheet Background Patients’ psychosocial needs, medical interventions and legal policy may all change in the months and years following an HIV positive diagnosis. The WeSSI has been developed to set standards in Health Advising by addressing these needs and changes in an ongoing and structured manner. Content The WeSSI is a structured interview to be completed … [Read more...]
London 2010 Study Day: Presentations
Download all the presentations from the SSHA Study Day National Online HIV/STI Partner Notification Service Dónal Heath, Project Manager (GMFA) Audit of Practice Around Record Keeping and Partner Notification Maeve Cross, Sexual Health Adviser (Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast) & Martin Murchie, Senior Sexual Health Adviser (Sandyford Initiative, … [Read more...]