LEADING SEXUAL HEALTH EXPERTS CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITISE RESPONSE TO CONTINUED INCREASES IN NEW STI DIAGNOSES https://www.bashh.org/news/news/leading-sexual-health-experts-call-on-the-government-to-prioritise-response-to-continued-increases-in-new-sti-diagnoses/ … [Read more...]
‘Word of Mouth’ – A sexual health animatic
Informed by the ideas of young people from the Thornhill area of Southampton, the film uses graphic images to communicate the potential risks of putting a condom on after penetration has already begun or taking it off before sex has finished. ‘Word of Mouth’ is a one minute film for distribution via mobile phones, as well as for screening online and at events, made by Bunny … [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...]
£111m cuts will spark public health crisis, warns Sadiq Khan
17 February 2016 Public health spending in London faces real terms cuts of £111 million over the next five years, figures showed today. The capital’s boroughs have already been forced to make £40 million of savings this year leading to concerns that key services including sexual health, TB prevention and immunisation campaigns will be hit. The cuts so far have been 30 … [Read more...]
APPG on Sexual and Reproductive Health meeting: 1st March 2016
Local commissioning and sexual health: The impact on the NHS The next meeting of the APPG on Sexual and Reproductive Health will take place on Tuesday 1st March in Committee Room G, House of Lords. Please note the meeting will run from 6pm to 7.30pm (half an hour later than stated in the original notice). The meeting will address the effect of reductions in public health … [Read more...]