The idea of publishing an annual conference report, containing all the papers, workshops and discussion groups presented at each year’s SHASTD conference, was first conceived at the 1998 conference.

Presentations

• SHASTD Code of Conduct for Health Advisers – Dorinda Thirlby, Senior Health Adviser, Roehampton
• May the Pox be with you: the role of the health adviser in controlling an epidemic of primary syphilis in Bristol – Sally Dowling and James Rice, Health Advisers, Bristol
• Towards a Model of Counselling for Health Advisers – George Leach, Counselling Supervisor, London
• Recent Developments in Anti-Retroviral Therapy – Ysobel Gourlay, Senior Pharmacist, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow

Workshops

• Will Health Advising Survive Triple Combination Therapy? – George Leach, Counselling Supervisor, London
• Hepatitis C: an unjaundiced view – Gwyneth MacDonald, Health Adviser, Greenock
• Heterosexual Men: the forgotten part of the equation? – Peter Tovey, Health Adviser, London
• Provider Referral with a Focus On HIV – Dorinda Thirlby, Senior Health Adviser, Roehampton
• Counselling Assessment and Referral – Claire Barnes, Senior Health Adviser, London