Joint BASHH & FSRH Conference 2025
Past, Present and Future
Welcome to the 20th Annual Joint BASHH and FSRH Conference
It is a remarkable milestone to celebrate 20 years of collaboration between GUM specialists and sexual and reproductive health care professionals. Over the past two decades, we have worked together to address evolving challenges, share expertise, and enhance patient care. This year’s conference embraces our theme: Past, Present, and Future, bringing together our shared history, our current challenges, and our aspirations for the future of integrated care.
Today, the focus on sexual and reproductive health care has never been more critical. With increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections, the need to deliver effective contraceptive care to a diverse population, and rising pressures on NHS services and budgets, we are faced with the challenge of ensuring accessible, individualised, and inclusive care for all.
Our shared expertise in managing complex cases in everyday practice highlights the importance of collaboration. Together, we can explore innovative solutions and enhance integration across our services. This conference provides a unique opportunity to reflect on where we have come from, examine where we are now, and collectively shape the future of sexual and reproductive health care.
Delegates can use this 20th conference as a platform to collaborate, innovate, and strengthen our commitment to delivering exceptional care.
Date: Wednesday 26th March 2025
Time: 09:00 – 16:30
Venue: Delivered via Zoom
Registration: Doctors, nurses, midwifes, pharmacists, physician associates and other healthcare professionals with an interest in SRH working in the UK and internationally
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the importance of integration between GUM specialists and SRH professionals to deliver effective, patient-centered care.
- Explore approaches to managing complex sexual and reproductive healthcare cases in diverse patient populations.
- Gain insights into the latest trends and evidence regarding increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections and their impact on care delivery
- Reflect on 20 years of collaboration and discuss strategies for shaping the future of sexual and reproductive healthcare.
To view the conference programme please click here
Speakers
Dr Janet Barter
Dr Janet Barter FFSRH FRCOG
Following undergraduate medical training in Sheffield, Janet switched to Obstetrics and Gynaecology from GP training after realising from work in UK and West Africa the crucial importance of women’s health. Training in O&G included endocrinology, fertility, menopause, PMS, menstrual disorders and medical gynaecology, as well as contraception and abortion. She is a BMS Menopause specialist and a member of the Institute of psychosexual medicine. She also has a MA in Leadership for Health and Social Care Three London Consultant SRH posts have provided extensive experience of working and leading across both hospital and community based services. Janet has clinical and teaching skills across the whole of SRH and has been Training Programme Director for CSRH in London. For FSRH she has Chaired the Specialty Advisory Committee and acted as Vice President for Specialty before being elected President in June 2022.
In September 2024 she was elected as Vice Chair of Council of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Dr Mathew Phillips
Matt is a GUM consultant in Cumbria and an honorary professor of GUM & Ethics at UCLan. Originally from Birmingham, his medical degree is from Manchester, his masters from Keele and his MD from Trinity College Dublin. Throughout his career he has focussed on ethics in particular its applications to sexual health and HIV. He sits on the BMJ Ethics committee and is a regional advisor for the Royal College of Physicians.
Dr John Saunders
Dr John Saunders is a Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine and an Honorary Associate Professor at University College London (UCL). He serves as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Lead for the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BBSTI) at University College London (UCL). Dr Saunders is the lead author of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) DoxyPEP guideline and co-chairs the BASHH Bacterial Special Interest Group (BSIG). As a clinician, research and public health practitioner, his work focuses on advancing the understanding, management and control of sexually transmitted infections and HIV.
Dr Elizabeth Okecha
Dr Liz Okecha is a Consultant in Genitourinary and HIV Medicine as well as Clinical Lead for St Helens Sexual Health, Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Teaching Hospitals. Dr Okecha has recently been appointed key opinion lead for St Helens HIV fast track cities and in early 2024 became Chair of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) HIV & blood borne virus special interest Group and Co-Chair of the BASHH HIV prevention group. Within the Royal College of Physicians, Dr Okecha is the GUM and HIV Representative for the Joint Specialty Committee for Infectious Diseases. She has a keen interest in Education and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education during her higher specialist training. She is a Faculty Registered Trainer for contraception, STI foundation Trainer for GUM and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol.
Dr Zara Haider
Dr Natalie Woodhead
Dr Luke Parkes
Dr Sian Pearson
Dr Kate Nambiar
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