The FSRH will be holding a focus group on Wednesday January 22nd from 10.30 – 12.30 at the Faculty Offices in Regent’s Park to discuss the role of the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU). The CEU produces the NICE-accredited Clinical Guidelines as well as running the Members’ Enquiry Service. We are keen to hear from […]
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The Week The Women Came
Channel 4’s The Week The Women Came is a behind-the-scenes look at the world of psychosexual counselling, in which the sexual difficulties of two couples are explored and solved. Counsellor Trudy Hannington practises in Yorkshire, and has been working in her field for over ten years. She is Chair of The College of Sexual and […]
Historic News for Nurse Training in SRH
Members of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) have voted overwhelmingly to widen membership to include nurses, paving the way for the development of a new nationally recognised qualification for nurses working in sexual health. This happened last Thursday at an extraordinary general meeting before the Current Choices Conference in London, after which […]
NICE PGDs – Template & Baseline assessment tool
Two implementation tools have now been published to support the patient group directions NICE good practice guidance. These are available from the NICE website at the links below: GPG 2 Patient group directions: baseline assessment tool GPG 2 Patient group directions: template […]
Azithromycin, PGDs and Peanuts.
Did you know that peanuts are not nuts but are part of the soya family? Some formulations of azithromycin contain soya as an excipient. Some services that have drugs supplied by local pharmacies may get different formulations of drugs delivered on different occasions. Does your azithromycin PGD have peanut/soya allergy as a warning, exclusion criteria? […]
Nominations open for the UK Sexual Health Awards 2014
The UK Sexual Health Awards recognise outstanding work in and around sexual health. If you know of any incredible people, projects, services, campaigns, storyline or article – we want to hear about them. Whether you’re nominating yourself, the organisation you work for, someone you work with, or something that has been done by someone else; […]
ESC – 13thCongress and call for applications for project funding
Mark your calendar: 28 till 31 May 2014 Lisbon, Portugal First announcement Check out the first announcement including: programme overview: 8 workshops, 21 congress sessions, 2 debates… abstract submission instructions (deadline 1 December 2013) registration form Register now Please find here an overview of the registration fees. You can now register through the online registration form General […]
World Contraception Day – 26 September 2013
WCD will be using an umbrella theme for this and future years: ‘Its your life; its your future’. This theme has been chosen as it is forward-looking, positive and empowering. There are 3 sub-themes: Your options: where young people can learn about all the contraceptive options available, using a reliable, unbiased source of information. Your […]
Anne Szarewski
Dr Anne Szarewski – 1 September 1959–24 August 2013 Dear Friends and Colleagues It is with great sadness that I have to convey to you the news of Anne Szarewski’s untimely death. She passed away in her sleep at home on Saturday 24 August 2013. I know that, like me, you all had a great […]
NICE Good Practice Guidance: Patient Group Directions
The Good Practice Guidance for Patient Group Directions has been published today. Better late than never! This guidance provides good practice recommendations for individual people and organisations involved with PGDs, with the aim of ensuring patients receive safe and appropriate care and timely access to medicines, in line with legislation. The preferred way for patients […]