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HIV
in Primary Care - 2011
Revised
and updated for 2011, our popular booklet “HIV
in Primary Care: an essential guide for GPs, practice
nurses and other members of the primary healthcare team”
by Dr Sara Madge, Dr Philippa Matthews, Dr Surinder
Singh and Dr Nick Theobald is now available.
Written by practising GPs and HIV specialists with
an interest in GP education, HIV in Primary Care is
instructive, practical and easy to use with a comprehensive
index and full colour illustrations.
This booklet provides essential information on:
- The clinical diagnosis of HIV in primary care, with
photographs.
- How to offer an HIV test and give results.
- Primary healthcare for people with HIV, including
reproductive health and immunisation.
- How to complement specialist care.
- Practice policies and systems for optimal patient
care and protection of staff.
“The BMA welcomes this guidance as an important
tool in helping to raise awareness and equip primary
care professionals to deal with the diagnosis and treatment
of HIV.”
Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of Council, BMA, 2011
For more information see our press
release about the new booklet.
You can download
the new edition of HIV in Primary Care free from
this site as a pdf (file size 3Mb).
Hard copies are available at £10 per copy singly,
but discounts apply to bulk orders. For details see ordering information or you can email
us or call us on 020 7383 6345.
Standards
for psychological support for adults living with HIV
(2011)
British
Psychological Society (BPS), British HIV Association
(BHIVA) and Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual
Health (MedFASH)
These first ever Standards
for psychological support for adults living with HIV describe the support that all adults living with HIV
should receive, from a wide range of professional groups,
peers and informal providers, to enhance their mental
health and their cognitive, emotional and behavioural
wellbeing. They focus on:
A valuable tool for both providers and commissioners,
they support the development and maintenance of high
quality, cost-effective services and care pathways for
adults living with HIV.
For more information about the standards project, please
see our Activities page.
Response to the Public Health
White Paper ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People’
A joint
submission in response to the consultation on the Public
Health White Paper and its supplementary consultations
from MedFASH and other leading sexual health organisations.
Our response addresses issues raised in the White Paper
itself and in the consultations on the proposed Public
Health Outcomes Framework and on funding and commissioning
routes for public health. |