Courtyard Clinic Seminar Room
Chair: Bernard Kelly

11.30-12.30
Lunch/Networking/Agenda Setting

12.30-13.00
Healthcare in the Justice System -  Hong Tan [Head of Health in the Justice System - NHS England]

13.00-13.20
Commissioning High Quality Sexual Health Services in Prison – Dr Eamonn O’Moore [Director of Health and Justice Team, Public Health England]

13.20-13.40
Characteristics of Prisoners Receiving Sexual Healthcare in England -  Dr Gwenda Hughes, Dr Nkendiri Wheatley [Public Health England]

13.40-14.20
Sexual Health: Working with Women in Prison – Ango Fada, Dr Indrajit Ghosh, Dr Bryony Redfern, [The Archway Centre ]

14.20-14.40
A Prison Healthcare Perspective – Hayley Peek [Deputy Head of Healthcare] and Hatatu Shuramo [Senior Pharmacist, HMP Wandsworth]

14.40-15.00
Tea break

15.00-15.20
Tackling Blood Borne Viruses in Prison –A Framework for Best Practice – Sarah Radcliffe [Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer, National AIDS Trust]

15.20-15.40
BASHH Prison HIV Healthcare Survey – Dr Alan Tang [GUM Consultant RoyalBerkshire Hospital]

15.40-16.00
Audit of HIV Care in Prisons in England -  Dr Sum Yee Chan [St Georges Hospital]

16.00-16.30
HIV Behind Bars -  Sophie Strachan [Positively UK]

16.30-17.00
Discussion/Evaluation

For more information contact sandra.roach@stgeorges.nhs.uk

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Every 90 minutes, someone in England is diagnosed with HIV.

As a clinician in sexual health, you will know how vital it is to prevent HIV transmission and to ensure it is diagnosed in a timely fashion. A quarter of people living with HIV in England don’t know they have it and, across the UK, almost half are diagnosed after they should have started treatment. This briefing tells you about a new national initiative to reduce undiagnosed HIV and tackle its spread – one you can be a part of.

Early diagnosis and treatment as prevention are vital in limiting onward transmission. Awareness of HIV testing services, particularly among those most at risk (men who have with men, and black African people), are crucial both for securing the long-term health of people with as-yet undiagnosed HIV and for preventing new infections.
It Starts With Me
To tackle these issues nationally, the Government is funding a new national programme, HIV Prevention England (HPE), managed by Terrence Higgins Trust. In April 2013 HPE will launch an on-going campaign, called It Starts With Me.  We want you to be a part of this campaign; it starts with you, too.

It Starts With Me aims to help people understand how their individual behaviour plays a vital part in this new push to finally stop HIV harming their communities. The campaign targets those most at risk of HIV – gay men and African people.

The campaign opens a new chapter in the history of HIV prevention. Our reliance on condom use alone to halt the spread of HIV is over. We now know that effective treatment with anti-HIV drugs for people living with HIV dramatically reduces their risk of passing the virus on. Treatment as prevention is a major tool that, alongside HIV testing, early diagnosis and using condoms, moves us towards the goal of ending the HIV epidemic. You play a vital role within that.
What the campaign will offer over the next two years

Local support
Local delivery partners (community organisations) across England will support the campaign through outreach, resource distribution, community events and enhanced testing activity.

Online engagement
A campaign website featuring practical tools like a quiz to check your HIV risk, a clinic finder, information on getting discount condoms, as well as information, videos and stories
www.startswithme.org.uk
Promotional materials
Our local delivery partners will have materials to support their work with us, and some of these materials – such as posters and videos – will be available for everyone to use.

The opportunity to join in the conversation, with online communities developed on Facebook and Twitter.
www.facebook.com/startswithme (for gay men)
www.facebook.com/startswithmeuk (for African people)
Twitter: @startswith_me

Advertising
Adverts on Facebook, Google, the gay and African press, magazines and lifestyle publications, on gay dating sites, outdoors and via mobile apps and direct messaging.

It Starts With Me will run for the duration of the campaign, but there will be regular “mini-campaigns” within this with specific messages:

Timetable for 2013

25 April Launch of It Starts With Me
June Condom mini-campaign
October HIV testing mini-campaign
November National HIV Testing Week
It starts with you!

Doctors, nurses, health advisers and pharmacists working in clinics are an absolutely vital part of HIV prevention, by providing HIV testing and treatment, supporting people living with HIV to reduce their risk of passing on the virus, and encouraging people to get their friends and partners to test. We would particularly value your involvement and support through:

 
Displaying It Starts With Me posters in your clinics – in April, all GU services will receive a copy of our poster aimed at African people, a poster aimed at MSM, and more information about the campaign. We will also be making editable posters available online that will allow you to add details about your clinic before printing them out.

Displaying our information video on TV screens in your clinic – a short video will be available, designed to work both with and without sound. This will be freely available to download. A link to the download will be available from 25 April at www.tht.org.uk and www.hpe.org.uk
Lending your support online – you can add a link or a banner ad to your website, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to join in the conversation.

Working with your local delivery partner – some areas will have an HPE local delivery partner who will want to work with you on the campaign locally. If you have not yet been contacted, please email us for further information.

Participating in National HIV Testing Week 2013 – last year, we ran England’s first National HIV Testing Week. Thanks to widespread support (and in particular from clinics), it was a great success and we will be running the week again in 2013. Your support will be vital and we will be in touch with you again in the near future about this.

Further information
We would like to keep in touch with you to let you know what’s happening. Our monthly HPE email newsletter, produced by NAM, will have the latest information on our work. You can view past copies and sign up to the mailing list at http://www.aidsmap.com/hpe.

You can find more information about HPE, the organisations participating, how you can support our work and how we can support your work at www.tht.org.uk/our-charity/About-us/Our-work/HIV-Prevention-England. You can also email hpe@tht.org.uk.
April 2013

Ref: ISWM/GU/1

Job Title: Specialist Counsellor/Sexual Health Advisor

Employer: Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Department: 213 Adult Forensics

Location: London

Salary: £36,552 to £46,374 pa inc HCA

Job Type: Permanent

Staff Group: Additional Clinical Services

Pay Scheme: Agenda for change

Pay Band: 7

Working pattern: see JD

 Closing Date: 20/05/201

http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/showvac/k72zNU/1278028/913095743

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Job Reference: 343-SK065 

Job Title: Sexual Health Adviser – Internal Staff Only

Area of Work: Sexual Health Adviser

Employer: Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Department: Medical GU

Location: Carshalton

Salary: £34,811 to £44,508 pa Inclusive

Job Type: Fixed Term Temporary

Pay Band: 7

Working pattern: Full time

Closing Date:  This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/showvac/k72zNU/2550845/913057146

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If you’d like to add a Sexual Health Advisers job to this site email paul.madden@gstt.nhs.uk

SSHA are delighted to announce 2 courses that will be run in 2013. This training is important to all staff working in sexual and reproductive health roles this includes sexual health advisers, nurses and medics.

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
To prepare sexual health staff to deliver the 2007 NICE recommendation of structured one to one risk reduction discussions based on a theory of behaviour change, for people at high risk of STI or under 18 pregnancies.

Follow-up Motivational Interviewing for sexual risk reduction
To consolidate learning in the use of Motivational Interviewing, following attendance at a previous SSHA study day, or equivalent training. The focus will be on practical application with clients, using case discussions and practice exercises.

COURSE TITLE:  Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - Places still available
DATE:  Saturday 11th May 2013
TRAINERS: Dorinda Thirlby & Gill Bell
VENUE: Sheffield Department of GU

COURSE TITLE: Follow-up to Motivational Interviewing- Places still available
DATE: Saturday 12th October 2013
TRAINERS: Dorinda Thirlby & Gill Bell
VENUE: Sheffield Department of GU

COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - FULL
DATE: Saturday 1st June 2013
TRAINERS: Dónal Traynor & Heather Wilson
VENUE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

COURSE TITLE: Follow-up to Motivational Interviewing - FULL
DATE: Saturday 7th September 2013
TRAINERS: Dónal Traynor & Heather Wilson
VENUE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

Cost per day: £75.00 for SSHA members  / £85.00 for non-SSHA members

  The fee covers expenses and honoraria for the trainers and is not for profit.

• Places can be provisionally booked but will only be confirmed when payment has been received or your organisation/Trust has agreed to pay.
• Payment methods are described on the application form below.
• Receipts will be issued to allow delegates to claim the fee back from their Trust/organisation, or the local STIF co-ordinator.
• Confirmation letters, venue details and a timetable will be sent by email (or post if no email address) prior to the study day.
• Seven days notice or place reallocated – full refund. Last minute/no notice or place not reallocated – no refund

Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Timetable

Follow-up to Motivational Interviewing Day Timetable

Directions to the Sheffield Venue

Directions to Chelsea Venue

A draft programme will be announced shortly and will be available on the website.

We are looking for speakers who are interested in presenting on an aspect of their work on the day. We have already had some interest so please do let us know quickly. Expressions of interest should be sent to the conference organisers Jamie Hardie and Paul Madden.

Please book your place early as last year we had an enormous amount of interest and could not allocate everyone a place. If there is enough interest we may run two separate one day events this year. David Wilson the SSHA treasurer will again be managing all applications so please. E-mail him to book your place along with payment.

A conference place will be confirmed on receipt of payment

The costs will be £75.00 for SSHA members and. £85.00 for non-SSHA members.

Please check our website, Facebook and Twitter pages for more information re. the programme and venue.

Thanks,

Jamie, Paul, David and Martin Murchie (SSHA President)

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The London alcohol IBA network has attracted increasing interest in the last five months since its inception.  Frontline practitioners from a range of health and social care fields have joined the network and benefited from the free support and resources available to network members in dealing with alcohol as part of their everyday practice.

We are still recruiting new members to the network therefore please circulate this email to your contacts that deliver frontline health and social care services (not drug or alcohol workers).

Attached is the latest IBA network newsletter and a flyer for the next IBA network meeting on the 12th of April.

Joining the network is easy, applicants can just contact me directly by email at fizz@alcoholacademy.net 

Fizz Annand

t 07764 349679

e fizz@alcoholacademy.net 

www.alcoholpolicy.net news and analysis for the alcohol harm reduction field

www.alcoholacademy.net supporting effective alcohol harm reduction

Also check out the Alcohol IBA blog:

www.alcoholiba.com news, links and ideas for alcohol brief intervention

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Venue: Royal Society Of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

A joint meeting with BPAS

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Brook and FPA are delighted to announce the winners of the UK Sexual Health Awards 2013. Showcasing the best, creative and innovative work, the Awards are the only event to celebrate achievements in the exciting and influential field of sexual health.

The UK Sexual Health Awards winners were presented at a prestigious awards ceremony and dinner hosted by comedienne Kate Smurthwaite on 14 March at Troxy, London. Nominations were open to professionals, volunteers, journalists and script-writers. There were eight categories including the JLS young person of the year award (backed by award-winning urban boy band JLS).
The award winners are:

Sexual health professional of the year
Kate Bulman, Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes.
JLS young person of the year
Muna Hassan, Integrate Bristol.

Adult sexual health service/project of the year
The West London Centre for Sexual Health (WLCSH) in partnership with the West London African Women’s Service (WLAWS) for their joint Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) service, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust.

The Pamela Sheridan young people’s sexual health service/project of the year
Teenage Pregnancy and Sexual Health Outreach, Croydon, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

Rosemary Goodchild Award for excellence in sexual health journalism
Louise Tickle writing in The Guardian “Who is looking after the sexual health and wellbeing of young people in care.”

Sexual health media campaign/storyline of the year – joint winners
The HIV-HOP Campaign, Centre for HIV and Sexual Health – Sheffield.

And: Teenage Rape Prevention campaign, Home Office.

Durex Community Pharmacy Award
Benjamin Chemist in Hackney, London.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Given special recognition for years of dedicated work, the award was given to Prof Wendy Savage.

Simon Blake OBE (Brook Chief Executive) and Dr Audrey Simpson OBE (FPA Acting Chief Executive) said:
“It’s clear from the UK Sexual Health Awards that extraordinary and inspirational work in sexual health is going on right across the UK. And we’re proud to recognise the contribution that individuals and organisations make to the health and wellbeing of the nation. Congratulations to everyone who entered and of course, special congratulations to our 2013 winners. 

“There was a high level of excellence displayed in all the entries we received this year, even more commendable given the huge levels of change currently going on in the NHS. This demonstrates just how dedicated sexual health professionals are. 

“We’d like to give our judges, sponsors and our main sponsor Durex a special thank you as without their support the Awards wouldn’t be possible.”

Kate Smurthwaite said:
“It was a truly fantastic event, providing much-deserved recognition to a group of people doing such important work. My warmest congratulations to all the winners, finalists and nominees.”
For further information please visit www.uksexualhealthawards.org.uk.

 She has in the past worked on SSHA council in different roles, was involved in the steering group and wrote chapters including work on motivational interviewing in the health advisers manual published in 2004.  She was involved with the development of the SSHA NICE sub-committee to develop a national training programme for sexual health advisers and sexual health staff using a Motivational Interviewing approach to helping people reduce sexual risk.

She set up the SSHA NICE sub-committee in 2008 to develop a national training programme for sexual health advisers on using a Motivational Interviewing approach to helping people reduce sexual risk. Since then she has written a chapter on  Motivational Interviewing in partner notification for the forthcoming revision of the Manual for Sexual Health Advisers ( due out for consultation on the SSHA website in 2013).