New National PrEP Resources- updated for 2022

Announcements

New National PrEP Resources- updated for 2022

A suite of new and updated HIV PrEP resources have been developed in collaboration with NHS, third sector and academic partners on behalf of the Scottish HIV PrEP National Co-ordination Group. These resources aim to increase awareness of HIV PrEP and support people considering, or prescribed, HIV PrEP and their sexual partners to have the…

Young Men’s Group

An opportunity for boys and young men age 16 to 18 in Dundee. Click here and here for more info.  

Asymptomatic Postal STI Testing

We have teamed up with Terrence Higgins Trust, to supply free STI (sexually transmitted infection) tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea to people aged 16 or over in Tayside. This service is for people who don’t have any symptoms, or for those whose only symptom is a change in vaginal discharge.   Go to www.THT.org.uk/TaysideSTI to…

Information about the NHS Sexual Assault Response Coordination Service (SARCS)

Service available from 1st April 2022 If you have recently been raped or sexually assaulted, it’s understandable if you don’t know what to do or where to turn. SARCS is a dedicated NHS service which can offer healthcare and support in the days after an assault, if you are not ready to tell the police or…

Access to Hormonal Contraception Now Available from Your Pharmacy

On 9th November a new service was launched in Tayside to allow access to hormonal contraception via community pharmacy. Community Pharmacies in Tayside are now able to issue a 3 month supply of Desogestril (Progestogen Only Pill/POP) as short term bridging contraception, allowing more time for people to arrange an appointment with their GP. A…

Words Can Be Walls To Recovery

The Dundee Alcohol and Drug Partnership’s Resilient Communities working group is pleased to release a short animation which aims to raise awareness of the impact of language on people who experience substance use challenges.

Clinician Referral Guidance to Tayside Sexual & Reproductive Health Service

Please see link for Referral to TSRHS Guidelines for Clinicians 

Peer Support Scotland – Terrence Higgins Trust

Peer Support Scotland is a new service for people living with Hepatitis C and/or HIV. They offer a range of workshops and activities to provide support and skills development. For more information please read the Peer Support Scotland leaflet .  

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and HIV: Patient information & Service Letter

There is a lot of information available in the news and online about COVID-19 and the guidance for the public and high-risk groups is changing all of the time and will continue to change as the situation evolves.  We wanted to provide you with some basic information specific to people living with HIV, to direct…

Elimination of Hepatitis C in Tayside

World first as NHS Tayside eliminates hepatitis C A new approach to treating people with hepatitis C in Tayside has seen the region become the first in the world to effectively eliminate the virus.  In late 2019, NHS Tayside had diagnosed 90% of patients and treated 80% of eligible infected subjects, meeting the World Health…