28th Annual British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) SAS Conference 2025

28th Annual British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) SAS Conference 2025 is organized by British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and will be held from Sep 12 - 13, 2025 at Manchester Conference Centre and Pendulum Hotel, Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

Learning Objectives:
• To reflect on our own learning and consider our bias when consulting about sex
• To have a better understanding of the drivers of sex, including pleasure 
• To appreciate that 'the orgasm gap' exists and the reasons for this
• Understand the dosing options for on-demand and TTSS PrEP for different users.
• Describe the rationale for taking PrEP tablets after a potential exposure and the indications for PEP in PrEP users.
• To reflect on an approach on the management of pelvic pain and PID 
• To review the evidence behind the causes, diagnosis and treatment options 
• To highlight the importance of PID in relation to reproductive health
• Systematic approach to managing complex contraception cases
• Review of FSRH guidance
• Where to source help in difficult situations
• Understand causes of urethritis when common pathogens have already been excluded 
• Apply evidence based strategies for diagnosing and managing NCNGU including cases of persistent or recurrent infection
• Appreciate other strategies that may address patients concerns of persistent symptoms
• Mpox - history, epidemiology 
• The geographical differentiation in Mpox clades
• Managing sexually transmitted infection outbreaks• Understand the national surveillance systems used to monitor HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B in pregnancy in England, including data sources and collection methods.
• Engage with current epidemiological trends and vertical transmission rates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B in the antenatal population, using national data. 
• Develop an awareness of the investigation and management of confirmed or suspected cases of vertical transmission, and recognise their implications for clinical practice and public health.
• Describe trends in testing and new diagnoses 
• Describe options in PrEP and when to choose them 
• Recognise first line options in HIV therapy
• Appreciate complexities of a selection of GUM presentations
• Discuss alternative management strategies
• To better understand how professional standards are applied when dealing with complaints and concerns about doctors. 
• To gain clarity on how the GMC assesses and manages concerns, including the key stages of the process and the support available.
• To strengthen skills in assessment and initial management of people presenting with genital ulcer disease. 
• To have a greater understanding of emerging and rarer infectious causes of genital ulcer disease (GUD) as well as non-infections causes of GUD.