The Society of Sexual Health Advisers one day annual conference will take place on Saturday the 22nd of September at Unite House, Theobalds Road, Holborn, London. This conference is aimed at all practitioners working in sexual health in the roles of sexual health advising and sexual health nursing. Topics covered this year will include: · Forensic Safeguarding · … [Read more...]
SSHA CONFERENCE 2017
Date & Location 23rd September 2017 Unite The Union, 1 Cathedral Rd, Cardiff CF11 9SD (Map JPEG) Download Application Form (Word, PDF.) Programme 09:45 Registration / coffee and time to visit reps stands 10:30 Presidents welcome and housekeeping 10:40 Sexual Health and Trans Community – Dr Kate Nambiar Clinical Research Fellow and Specialty Doctor in … [Read more...]
NHS Scotland to fund ‘game-changer’ Prep HIV drug
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has agreed to approve the treatment, which is known as Prep. A "game-changing" drug which dramatically reduces the chances of being infected with HIV is to be made available on the NHS in Scotland. Scientists have found that a daily dose of the drug can protect people at risk of contracting the virus. It means Scotland will become … [Read more...]
10,000 people will be given the “Prep” drug in a three-year-long clinical trial.
HIV 'game-changer' now on NHS A drug that dramatically reduces the risk of being infected with HIV will now be given to patients by the NHS in England. The health service lost a court battle in the summer after arguing responsibility for paying for it should fall to local authorities not the NHS. Now at least 10,000 people will be given the "Prep" drug in a … [Read more...]
NHS England has power to fund Prep HIV drug, court decides
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the NHS in England has the power to fund a drug which prevents HIV infection in people at high risk of the virus. NHS England had previously said that local authorities should provide the pre-exposure prophylaxis drug - known as Prep - because they are responsible for preventative health. But the court insisted this fell within the remit … [Read more...]