Interesting case series: it’s a question many clinicians wonder. Need better access to routine genital ulcer NAAT testing for molecular typing material. Robust informed failsafe results management essential. Keep up with your ophth colleagues.

Latest Nature Communications paper from Long-Covid In Scotland Study. Following adjustment for potential confounders, the attributable prevalence of ongoing symptoms at 6, 12, and 18 months post-infection is 6.6%, 6.5%, and 10.4% respectively #LongCovid #COVID19 nature.com/articles/s4146…

At #Digifest23 keynote from Sam Shah from Numan. Interesting to see how they are incentivising routine blood testing, which will drive worried well demand.

AI and diagnostics session at #DigiFest23 with Prof Chris Carlin showing AI use in case-finding and preventative care for COPD

Great international and nations panel at #DigiFest23 from N Ireland, Norway, Sweden & UAE : insights into personal sensors to support dementia care, open data sharing, role of information health exchanges. Challenges around adoption, trust, silos and slow ethics processes

Quinolones need to be used with great care but they have an important place in antimicrobial stewardship - allowing IVOST, facilitating hospital discharge and limiting use of broader spectrum agents-> ⁦SAPG⁩ advice to AMTs following recent ⁦MHRAgovuk⁩ warning

Our work to implement resistance-guided treatment for gonorrhoea in Sandyford Sexual Health Service now published - sadly now overtaken by further safety restrictions in the UK on quinolone use. sti.bmj.com/content/early/…

We welcomed The University of Alabama undergrad health program students to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde on their study tour of UK to hear about HIV care at BrownleeHIV, injecting rooms, outreach Waverley Care and #FastTrackCities . Huge thanks to Julie Craik for pulling the programme together and speakers

We have a beautiful garden at BrownleeHIV . Remembering those in particular who did not live to hear the outcome of the infected blood enquiry in this decades-long struggle

You can find more information about Cohort 2 of the Leading Digital Transformation in Health and Care for Scotland (PGCert) on our learning site ⬇️ learn.nes.nhs.scot/65021 This includes application guidance, eligibility criteria and more about the course. Leading to Change DigiHealthCareScot

"Training in GUM was fantastic and exactly what I’d hoped it would be." Lindsay and David - two specialty registrars based in Glasgow - recently wrote a joint blog, detailing why they #LoveGUM. Have a read: bit.ly/3WnPwN2

1 Thread on #mpox which is in the news again since a returning traveller was diagnosed in Sweden with a new more dangerous strain which reached Europe for the first time. In the 2022-23 global outbreak I was clinical advisor to @WHOEurope Here’s what I think you need to know.

This chart is a scandal. Teachers, doctors and others earning fairly ordinary salaries can face marginal tax rates of more than 60%, and sometimes approaching 80%. Rachel Reeves should reform income tax. Thread:

Hi, friends in sexual health! ASTDA has made CDC and HHS publications and data available. Included is the 2023 STI surveillance data, many years of surveillance reports, Guidelines on STIs and doxy-PEP. Will update as we get more materials. American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association

Here is a statement from the ASTDA Board. astda.org/statement-from…

IAPAC Statement – International Association of Providers of AIDS Care iapac.org/2025/02/27/iap…

Early Registration Extended! You now have until April 17 to save $200 USD / $288 CAD for the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress. Join global experts in Montreal this July! Register now before rates go up 👉 stihiv2025.org/registration #HIV #STIs #SexualHealthForAll

🌍 WHO is developing guidance on the use of #DoxyPEP to prevent certain #STIs. As part of the guideline development process, we want to hear from people who may be interested in DoxyPEP. Your input matters! 📝 Complete our anonymous questionnaire (5-10 min). 🗓️ Deadline: 31 May

Public Health Minister Jenni Minto has announced a new vaccine programme which could prevent thousands of cases of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea. Eligible patients will begin receiving vaccination from 1 August. More - gov.scot/news/vaccine-t…