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...]
Super gonorrhoea is coming and George Osborne needs to dig deep – fast
by Verity Sullivan 19 APRIL 2016 The words “Super Gonorrhoea!” have been splattered across the pages of every news outlet this week. The STI that affects 35,000 people in the UK every year, we’re told, is outsmarting our modern day cures and promises to spread through the population like wildfire. But what’s all the fuss really about? And is our increasingly weary health … [Read more...]
STI increases mean ‘more caution is needed’ over oral sex
14th March 2016 By Rick Kelsey / Newsbeat reporter There's a warning not enough is being done to stop the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through oral sex. Some of the UK's leading sexual health doctors fear people who change partners frequently may not be adequately protecting themselves. The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) says it's … [Read more...]
London Sexual Health Transformation Programme: February Update
Update February 2016 As ever, please look at our website at www.wla.london/wla/wlanew.nsf/pages/WLA-385 and contact those named at the end of this briefing if you have any specific questions. And please feel free to send this briefing note onto colleagues who might be interested. The Case for Change With so much activity going on around us and people very busy progressing … [Read more...]
Tinder users in the UK twice as likely to have an STI, study claims
3 March 2016 by Madhumita Murgia Tinder users are twice as likely to have a sexually transmitted infection as those not on the app, research has found. The study, conducted by British online pharmaceutical company Medexpress, surveyed 2,899 UK-based sexually active adults, asking them if they had had an STI, and if yes, which ones. Over three-quarters of the Tinder … [Read more...]