Did you know that:

Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham have some of the highest HIV and STI prevalence rates in the UK
66% of people would prefer to use their GP for sexual health services¹ but GPs and practice nurses report numerous barriers to offering HIV and STI tests
Missed opportunities to diagnose HIV and other STIs have major health implications, including significantly increased mortality rates for HIV²

Why is SHIP training relevant to YOU?

Do you want to learn quick simple strategies to assess your patients’ sexual health risk?
Find out why the use of speculae is plummeting!
Are you all too aware of the reasons NOT to offer an HIV test?
Do you worry about how to bring up the topic out of the blue?

We will help you become confident in sexual health risk assessment and make meaningful changes to your clinical practice!

Session 1a: STI update for Practice Nurses & Nursing Associates

Describe the clinical significance of STIs in general practice
Outline strategies for STI testing in primary care, including which swabs to use and when
Outline management of STIs in the GP setting, including partner notification guidance
Describe patterns of STI risk, and prevention methods

Session 1b: Talking with patients about sex

Formulate and use strategies to bring up sexual health in GP consultations, including when people are not expecting it
Demonstrate how to take a rapid sexual health risk assessment tailored for the primary care consultation
Formulate clinical management plans drawing on rapid sexual health risk assessment

Session 2: Blood borne virus update

List the advantages of diagnosing HOV and viral hepatitis in general practice, and the dangers of late diagnoses
Recognise the parallels between HIV and viral hepatitis
Recognise HIV indicator conditions
Overcome barriers to, and normalise, HIV and viral hepatitis testing in your clinical practice

Each session provides you with up-to-date resources to take back to your practice to support your consultations.