Sexual Health
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Courses and events
Sexually Transmitted Infections Foundation (STIF) Course
Princess Alice Conference Centre, Esher, Surrey on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October 2008
Mayday Postgraduate Medical Centre, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 January 2009
SWAGNET, the South West London HIV/GUM Diseases Network runs this course which has been developed by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). The October 2008 course is organised by Dr Gill McCarthy, Consultant HIV/GUM at the Wolverton Centre, Kingston Hospital. The January 2009 course is organised by Dr Mette Rodgers, Consultant HIV/GUM at the Department of GU Medicine, Mayday University Hospital.
The aim of the course is to equip participants with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes for the effective management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) outside the GUM setting.
Applications are invited from doctors and nurses working in general practice or family planning and reproductive health, GUM NCCGs, health advisers, school nurses and secondary care clinicians (who may encounter patients with STIs eg. O&G, A&E, rheumatology and ophthalmology). The course costs £200 and places are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Priority will be given to staff working in South West London.
For more details, including a programme and application form, see the attached flier or contact Leanne Bobb, leanne.bobb@wpct.nhs.uk, tel. 020 8487 6877. Limited sponsorship for the October course is available for the following PCT staff: Croydon PCT and Richmond & Twickenham PCT. Priority for the January course will be given to staff working in South West London
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STIF course flier: October 2008, Surrey (PDF, 55KB)
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STIF course flier: January 2009, Croydon (Word, 55KB)
Useful links
- Department of Health - sexual health page
The Department of Health is working to modernise sexual health services, halt the spread of sexually transmitted infections and reduce the numbers of unintended pregnancies. - Teenage pregnancy unit
A cross-Government Unit located within the Department for Education and Skills which was set up to implement the Social Exclusion Unit's report on Teenage Pregnancy. - British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)
Formed in 2003 through the merger of the Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases and the Association for Genito Urinary Medicine.
Sexual health networks in the NHS Networks Register