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You are invited to the Tayside LARC fitters forum 2022! Tuesday 28th September via TEAMS The forum will start at 6.15pm until 8.30pm Free of Charge For anyone who works within NHS Tayside currently providing contraceptive implants and intrauterine contraception or who is thinking about starting to do this Email tay.tsrhadmin@nhs.scot with your name, title…

Why do I have to wait for my vaccination against monkeypox?

A smallpox (MVA) vaccination is being offered to people who are most at risk to help protect them against monkeypox. As monkeypox is caused by a virus similar to smallpox, vaccines against smallpox are expected to prevent or reduce the severity of the monkeypox infection. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended…

Information on Monkeypox vaccine

Vaccination to help protect against monkeypox Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that usually causes a high temperature (fever) and a body rash that lasts a few weeks. It mainly occurs in central and west Africa, but, since May 2022, some cases have been reported in UK, Europe and other international countries. The risk of catching…

What is Monkeypox?

Monkeypox is a rare viral infection. It mainly occurs in central and west Africa. However since May 2022 some cases have been reported in UK, Europe and other international countries.

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.