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BASHH supports public online blogs and has a panel of patients, lay people and professionals to comment on our information for the public

We are always looking for new members for the public panel. If you have ideas or opinions about sexual health and sexual health services in the UK and would like to work with BASHH, then get in touch by emailing researchpanel@bashh.net.

Your guide to the Standards for the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a leaflet for service users outlining what the standards mean is available by clicking here.

Information about sexually transmitted infections

 

ALERT: SEXWISE WEBSITE PERMANENTLY CLOSED

Important information for services who provide website / SMS / email links to the Sexwise website for patient information.

Sexwise (www.sexwise.org.uk) was initially launched by Public Health England (PHE), with management of the website inherited by the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) in 2021. DHSC contracted a provider to deliver technical maintenance and support for the website; this contract has ended on 2 March 2024. Following the end of this contract Sexwise has closed, and the site is no longer available instead re-directing to the homepage of the NHS website.

Unfortunately attempts by the Family Planning Association (FPA) have been unsuccessful in negotiating an extension of this website and its contents, and therefore it is not expected that the site will become functional again. A blog on the FPA website provides more information on this evolving situation: https://www.fpa.org.uk/sexwise-closing-march-2024/

DHSC have provided a list of public facing platforms providing alternative information sources: