British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)

The Bacterial Special Interest Group (BSIG) Platform. Join BASHH today to explore the platform for yourself! Includes image of computer with the BSIG platform on the screen.

🔬 Our Bacterial Special Interest Group (BSIG) has a dedicated platform to help promote communication between microbiologists and clinicians involved in the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.

Visit the eLearning platform for more info➡️ bit.ly/3WsOmRf

Reminder Dermatology Plus Course Online course 27th February

📣 Registration is open for the Dermatology Plus Course.

Building on the Genital Dermatology Basics Course, this year’s event is delivered in collaboration with the British Society for Penoscrotal Dermatology.

Mark the date and find out more here: bit.ly/3LZyK5z

It’s our first ever @bashhuk.bsky.social staff Christmas 🥳 …and here we are magically in gingerbread form courtesy of the Gingerbread City exhibit 🥰

Been a big year and feeling so thankful for and proud of this team. Onwards and upwards team BASHH 🎉🎉🎈

BASHH Guidelines New and updated evidence-based national guidelines and standards for UK specialists in genitourinary medicine. Image of two BASHH Guidelines

📄 Stay up to date with the latest BASHH guidelines, developed by the Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG), a national team of experts working to improve clinical standards across the UK.

🆕 Check out the newly updated Scabies and Gonorrhoea 2025 guidelines: bit.ly/3YFp7fy

New HPV Inform website

📰News!🎉We are delighted to announce the launch of a new HPV Inform website for families & professionals about the HPV vaccine. The website will contribute to overcoming misinformation & provide access to information which can help protect teenage children’s health. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/3ueeex3n

Trent BASHH Regional & Audit Group Meeting Friday 30th January 2026. Image includes calendar with the date, 30, circled.

Are you based in the Trent region?

Join us for the upcoming Trent BASHH Regional & Audit Group Meeting, hosted at the Kegworth Hotel and Conference Centre.

Stay tuned for further details: bit.ly/48wfftW

6th Joint Conference of BHIVA with BASHH Mon 27th April - Wed 29th April 2026

The BASHH x @bhiva.bsky.social Joint Conference 2026 is open for registration!

👉 Early bird rates available until 23rd March 2026
👉 Full access to scientific sessions, exhibition, networking & more

Don’t miss out ➡️

To mark #WorldAIDSDay, we spoke with Co-Chairs of the BASHH HIV & BBV Special Interest Group, to explore why this day remains vital and what’s next in the effort toward ending HIV transmission.

Read the full Q&A with Lisa and Eleanor ➡️ bit.ly/3KcrKBS

eHIV-STI | e-Learning for Sexual Health and HIV | Logo for Royal College of Physicians, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

BASHH has collaborated on the Sexual Health and HIV eLearning (eHIV-STI) programme.

This resource provides healthcare professionals with a knowledge base for supporting individuals with STIs, including HIV, and related conditions.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3PJ8CdK

Join us on Friday 23rd January for the BASHH Scientific Meeting, held virtually on Zoom.

Hear presentations from our Genital Dermatology and GSM SIGs. The event is free for members, but registration is essential to receive the joining link.

Register now: bit.ly/4rc0aoN

BASHH warmly welcomes the publication of the new HIV Action Plan for England and the strong focus on securing the future HIV workforce, including supporting access to specialists in Genitourinary Medicine.

Learn more about our specialty ➡️ bit.ly/3M7DaHC

According to The Guardian, for the first time since 1988, the US government will no longer commemorate #WorldAIDSDay.

In response, @bhiva.bsky.social and BASHH stand in solidarity with all affected by HIV globally.

Read the full story here: bit.ly/4okzC1T

Today, the Government unveiled the new HIV Action Plan for England, backed by £170 million.

This marks a pivotal moment in shifting the dial in the HIV response.

Please read BASHH's response below ⬇️

BASHH Meetings and Events 2026 (Calendar asset with BASHH UK logos)

📅 Mark your diaries!

BASHH’s 2026 events programme is live. As the UK’s leading provider of general and specialist postgraduate education in STI management and care, there’s something for every healthcare professional.

Explore the full events programme ➡️ bit.ly/3J9wlEe

Tune in to Soho Radio on Monday, 1 December at 8 am (GMT) where Clare Lynch and I will be co-hosting the World AIDS Day Show.

Our guests are Tristan Barber, Angelina Nambia, Juno Roche, Silvia Petretti and Adam Williams!

@tristanjbarber.bsky.social

#WorldAIDSDay

Explore our Bacterial Special Interest Group (BSIG) Learn how to How to perform microscopy How to collect genital and extra-genital specimens How to Gram stain a specimen Includes a BASHH UK logo.

Through the BSIG platform, you can access curated resources covering key areas of sexual health — from performing microscopy to understanding governance in sexual health laboratories.

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/46VTIdz

📣 We’re excited to share the report on BASHH’s Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EEDI) review.

Embedding EEDI principles is essential to advancing excellence in genitourinary medicine, sexual health and HIV care.

View the full report here: bit.ly/49FPwjZ

'One week to go World AIDS Day 1st December 2025 Find out more about how you can support this World AIDS Day Includes BASHH UK logo and National AIDS Trust red ribbon

#WorldAIDSDay2025 is just one week away!

Show your support for people living with HIV worldwide by wearing a red ribbon - a symbol of solidarity and commitment to ending HIV for good.

Find out how to get involved, donate, or fundraise ➡️ bit.ly/4h46rOi @NAT_AIDS_Trust

This week is World AMR Awareness Week Raising awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 18th-24th November Includes a BASHH UK logo.

It’s World AMR Awareness Week 💊

This global campaign raises awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the importance of best practice across healthcare.

The BASHH Bacterial SIG promotes the highest standards in managing bacterial STIs.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/48J8lCm

BASHH responded to the Women and Equalities Committee’s new report, which highlights alarming rises in HIV diagnoses among women and minority ethnic communities, and warns that sexual health services are “extremely stretched”.

Read our full statement on the publication ➡️ bit.ly/4iajaQn

our @bhiva.bsky.social Autumn Conference is coming up!

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But also, Spring is just around the corner! And it's a joint meeting with BHIVA and @bashhuk.bsky.social 🤩

Save the dates - 27-29th April 2026

Abstract submission open until 19th January

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BASHH X BHIVA Submit your abstract for the joint BASHH & BHIVA conference 2026! Deadline: 19th January

Abstract submissions are now open for the joint BHIVA × BASHH Conference 2026! 🧠

Share your HIV or sexual health research for consideration as an oral or poster presentation at this leading event.

Submit your abstract here ➡️ bit.ly/3KVsIT0 @bhiva.bsky.social

BASHH President Elect To take effect following the BASHH Annual General Meeting Jan 2026 Dr Cara Saxon "Thank you so much, I am truly honoured and privileged to be elected as the next President of BASHH. I am incredibly excited to begin my work in this role and continue supporting our fantastic specialty. #LoveGUM" BASHH logo

Outgoing BASHH President Professor Matt Phillips On the new President-elect "We are in a time of significant change and challenge but with that comes significant opportunities for improving the standards and provisions of Genitourinary Medicine across the four nations, and I can think of no better person to hand the baton to than Cara" BASHH logo

We are delighted to announce our new Board members, and our new President-elect, Dr Cara Saxon! 📣

Read Cara's reaction, and a comment from outgoing President, Prof. Phillips ⬇️

Visit bit.ly/4qXy6VU to view the newly elected members

Registration is now open!

The Sparrow & Eagles Clinical Leadership Course 2025 is a two-day event at the Kings Fund, designed to support professional development for GUM, SRH, and ID clinicians (ST5/6 & consultants).

Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4hjq6u8

2026 bashh / bspsd Dermatology Plus Course 27 Feb Friday 2026 Register now In collaboration with the British Society for Penoscrotal Dermatology (a BAD specialist interest group) BASHH Logo

Registration is now open for the 2026 BASHH/BSPSD Dermatology Plus Course!

The return of this popular course will extend the knowledge and skills taught on the annual BASHH Genital Dermatology Basics Course. Find out more: bit.ly/4ojrsYC

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Sessions also on Deprescribing, Top HIV papers, Top General Medicine papers, BHIVA Audit, Guidelines Update, and ART Dilemmas - don't miss it!

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my goodness there aren't words. Today in Leeds the @bashhuk.bsky.social GSM SIG conference was *amazing*. So much love, commitment, and passion in the room. Person centred care, evolution, new learnings, connections. Best of sexual health, best of #LoveGUM, best humans. Heart and brain are full ❤️

Lizzie Dale, the STASHH BSIG Representative, has given an insightful run-down of BSIG's new competencies assessment tool for microscopy in a newly published blog. 🔬

Read Lizzie's full blog via our LinkedIn page: bit.ly/47wsf2t to find out more about the new tool and how to access it.

amazing to see the @bashhuk.bsky.social Gender and Sexual Minorities Specialist Interest Group (GSM SIG) hosting a *sold out* 1-day stand alone conference today in Leeds, timely discussions, amazing programme - should be a fascinating day!

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