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Consultant Genitourinary Medicine Physician; Honorary Professor @Uni_lancashire; Immediate Past President @bashh_uk
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ALT UK AIDs Memorial Quilt
ALT Two Day Safeguarding Supervision Course Do you provide safeguarding supervision as part of your role in sexual health and HIV? Topics will include: Safeguarding reflective supervision Support and where to seek it Differentiate between 1-2-1, Ad Hoc and group supervision 20th-21st October 2026 Zoom
ALT World Congress of the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections BASHH is proud to be hosting four scholars for this year's IUSTI Congress in Prague.
ALT Gamechangers - Building the foundations for research
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ALT Scottish Parliament with banner announcing a new HIV Action Plan for Scotland, aiming to end new HIV cases by 2030.
ALT Connection at the heart of sexual healthcare. By Dr Cara Saxon, President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.
ALT BASHH responds to the UKHSA provisional surveillance data which shows a decline in syphilis and gonorrhoea diagnoses in England.Commenting on the announcement, Dr Cara Saxon, BASHH President, said:"The UK continues to face significant sexual health challenges. Syphilis, once thought to have been largely eliminated in this country, has re-emerged in recent decades, against a wider backdrop of high STI rates, growing antimicrobial resistance, and sexual health services operating under unsustainable pressure...
ALT ..Today's findings, including the increasing provision of newer STI prevention strategies such as DoxyPEP for syphilis and the 4cMenB vaccine for gonorrhoea, are encouraging, but we have a lot to do. Declines in diagnoses among some groups such as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are enormously important and welcome. If we can sustain this it is testament to our dedicated services and collaboration with communities for targeted action based on evidence of what works. But stable rates in other groups show that there is still not progress in reaching all. We see persistent inequalities, including among women, and this is borne out today as strongly as ever. It is critical that services have the resources and agility to continue to adapt and deliver STI prevention strategies where they are most needed...
ALT ..We see persistent inequalities, including among women, and this is borne out today as strongly as ever. It is critical that services have the resources and agility to continue to adapt and deliver STI prevention strategies where they are most needed. There is clear opportunity to achieve much more through greater investment and strategic emphasis on sexual health and the Government should expedite work on its new framework as a moment to refocus action and consolidate these trends. That would not only improve outcomes for individuals and communities but also help reduce pressure across the wider NHS."
ALT UK AIDS Memorial Quilt 12th – 4th October, Tramway, Scotland
