Are you aged 19 or under? If so, we want your views!

Hampshire County Council is committed to providing excellent services for young people who require help with regards to their alcohol, tobacco or drug use. 

Please help us to get the right services for you by answering this simple and quick survey.  Your answers are confidential – we have no way of tracking who has responded. Many thanks for giving us your time

Please click on the link to start the survey – https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X39Z3LN

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From Monday 16 January 2012, specialist Sexual Health Services in Hampshire are changing and can be accessed via a single point of access telephone number: 0300 300 2016

 Solent NHS Trust is the new provider of integrated specialist sexual health services across Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton bringing together a range of different sexual health services which are currently provided by organisations including Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust, bpas and Marie Stopes International.

This new service is the result of detailed work undertaken by NHS Hampshire to redesign and integrate local sexual health services in response to identified needs and extensive public and stakeholder engagement. 

Solent NHS Trust, working in partnership with bpas, will be providing a complete range of integrated sexual health services at convenient community-based locations using a Consultant-led hub and nurse-delivered spoke model. This means that most people will be able to have their sexual health needs assessed and in some cases met in one visit.

The range of services includes:

• all methods of contraception,
• STI testing & treatment,
• HIV testing & treatment,
• termination of pregnancy services,
• pregnancy testing,
• emergency contraception,
• chlamydia screening,
• psychosexual counselling (current provision will be extended across Hampshire from April 2012),
• sexual health promotion and
• vasectomy services in partnership with current GP vasectomy providers.

Outreach services and designated clinics for young people in colleges and other young people’ settings will also continue to be provided.

The new Integrated Sexual Health Service will be primarily nurse delivered, supported by onward referral to Consultants and Specialists as required.

From 16 January 2012, ‘Sexual Health: Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton’ will be accessible to people via a single phone number: 0300 300 2016. People will only need to remember one phone number to access any sexual health service in Hampshire, Portsmouth or Southampton (including unplanned pregnancy services). 

Solent NHS Trust will be advertising clinics and opening times with a wide-spread media campaign and have created a new website for all Sexual Health Services across Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton. We would be grateful if you could please update any details you have on your website for Sexual Health Services to www.letstalkaboutit.nhs.uk in addition to the NHS Hampshire sexual health website www.getiton.nhs.uk.

We also ask that you amend your phone numbers for Sexual Health Services to 0300 300 2016 from the 16^th January 2012.

If you would like to find out more about the new sexual health services please read the attached letter from Rob Carroll, Sexual Health Lead for NHS Hampshire New Level 3 Sexual Health Service Notification Letter 09.01.12

 All the logos for the new sexual health service on this site will provide a link through to www.letstalkaboutit.nhs.uk  so click on the logo to access the new website

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This year many pharmacies in Hampshire will be closed or opening a reduced number of hours over the Christmas and New Year Bank Holidays.  Most pharmacies will be closed Christmas Day and not open again Wednesday 28 December.  Therefore access to emergency contraception will be reduced.

The attached files show which pharmacies are open over the bank holidays, how long for and those in GREEN highlight the pharmacies that currently offer free emergency contraception.  However please do not assume that the trained pharmacist will be available during the holiday opening times.  Our advice is to call the pharmacy first to find out if there will be someone there to help. We don’t want you to have a wasted journey or a stressful holiday, so phone first!

The South East PDF files contains information on pharmacies in: Havant; Waterlooville; Petersfield; Gosport; Fareham; and Lee on Solent:

Christmas Opening South East 2011 Final

New Year Opening South East 2012 Final

The South West PDF file contains information on pharmacies in: Andover; Eastleigh; Botley; Hedge End; Winchester & Romsey

Christmas Opening South West 2011 Final

New Year Opening South West 2012 Final

The New Forest PDF file contains information on pharmacies in: New Forest, Totton & the Waterside

Christmas Opening New Forest 2011 Final

New Year Opening New Forest 2012 Final

The North Hants PDF file contains information on pharmacies in: Aldershot; Farnborough; Blackwater; Yateley; Basingstoke; Fleet; and Alton

Christmas Opening North 2011 Final

New Year Opening North 2012 Final

Please also remember that contraception and sexual health clinics will be open in between the Bank Holidays and that all clinics offer free emergency hormonal contraception and some will also offer the emergency coil which can be used up to 5 days after unprotected sex. Check out clinic opening times in your area – www.getiton.nhs.uk/districts 

Your GP (family doctor) will also be able to offer advice and support with emergency contraception.

If you want to find out more about emergency contraception (morning after pill) click here

Remember that the sooner you act the better as emergency contraception is more effective at preventing a pregnancy the earlier you take it after having unprotected sex.

BPAS are offering an advanced emergency contraception service for women over 16 in England. Follow the link for details – www.bpas.org/bpaswoman/ec-how-it-works. Please do not rely on this postal service if you have already had unprotected sex as the postal service will be distrupted over the holiday period.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year – have fun, be safe!

From the GET IT ON Team

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Nearly 100,000 people are living with HIV in the UK

Did you know that it is 30 years since the first cases of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were reported?

To date 120,000 people in the UK have been diagonosed with HIV. 27,000 have developed AIDS and 20,000 people have died since 1981.

By the end of 2010 there were 91,500 people living with HIV in the UK and 24% of them are undiagnosed, meaning that they do not know they have HIV.

6660 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in 2010. 55% of infections were acquired in the UK, almost all through sexual transmission.

An estimated 3000 of the newly diagnosed infections were made in men who have sex with men. This is highest number ever reported in a year.

Although there has been a decline in the number of people being diagnosed late (i.e. when they need treatment), more still needs to be done to encourage those at risk to have an HIV test.

How much do you know about HIV?

If you’re having unprotected sex then you may find out more than you want to know.

HIV can be passed on through:

• unprotected sex (sex without a condom); through infected blood, semen, vaginal fluid
• sharing infected needles and works
• from an HIV positive mother to her child during pregnancy, child birth or breastfeeding

Anybody can become infected with HIV however men who have sex with men and people who have sexual partners from sub-Saharan Africa are most at risk and are encouraged to be tested for HIV on a regular basis.

There is no cure for HIV and no vaccine to prevent you from getting it.

A quarter of people with HIV in the UK don’t know they have it and many people diagnosed with this virus will be diagnosed late – AFTER the point at which they should have started treatment.

However, if you have had unprotected sex and are worried about HIV then a quick and simple test can be done at any of Hampshire’s sexual health clinics (GUM) and you can also request a test at your GP surgery.

REMEMBER – the earlier the diagnosis, the greater chance you have of living a longer and healthier life.

The only way to find out if you’ve got HIV is to be tested for it. You can ask your GP for an HIV test or attend a local GUM / sexual health clinic. Use the GET IT ON website to find out more information about sexual health and to find out where your nearest clinic is.

Alternatively, you can either call ‘THT Direct’ on 0808 802 1221 Monday to Friday 10am – 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 12pm – 6pm or go to their website –www.tht.org.uk for information, support and advice on HIV and sexual health.

If you would like to find out more about HIV testing and local support services visit www.getiton.nhs.uk/hiv-services

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Students from Basingstoke College of Technology have produced a video encouraging young people to consider having a chlamydia test.

 Check out the link to see video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHS6j0gAt9A

 Remember:

• Chlamydia is common, easy to catch and often shows no symptoms
• Testing for chlamydia is easy do to
• Test for chlamydia every time you have a new partner and every 12 months as part of a sexual health check up
• Using condoms properly reduces risk of infection with chlamydia

 If you want to find more about chlamydia or how to test for chlamydia visit www.haveyougotit.nhs.uk

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As part of the project to redesign sexual health services in Hampshire, NHS Hampshire asked people what they thought about sexual health services.

Over 1000 people completed the survey. Here is what you told us.

We asked:

How happy would you be to use your local doctor (family doctor/GP) for sexual health services?

• 74% said they would be happy or very happy to use their GP for sexual health services

If available in your town how happy would you be to use a dedicated sexual health clinic (providing both contraception & testing and treatment of sexually tranmitted infections (STIs)) held at a doctor’s practice?

• 83% said they would be happy or very happy to use  a local dedicated clinic held at a local doctor’s practice

How happy would you be to use your local pharmacy for contraception, including emergency contraception (morning after pill) or the testing & treating of STIs?

• 76% said they would be happy or very happy to use a pharmacy for contraception services
• 56% said they would be happy or very happy to use a pharmacy for STI services

How happy would you be to use a dedicated sexual health service provided by specialist sexual health staff in a community hospital or hospital setting?

• 85% said they would be happy or very happy to use a specialist sexual health service 

We asked how far you were prepared to travel (by car or public transport) to use sexual health services?

Most people said that they do not want to travel more than 30 minutes to access a sexual health service

We asked which days of week you preferred to use sexual health services?

• Nearly 60% said ‘any’ day of the week.  Most popular day was Saturday and least popular day was Thursday.

We asked about opening times and most people said that they wanted services open from 4.00pm to 8.00pm.

People told us that sexual health services need to provide:

• A confidential & discreet service
• Trained & experienced staff
• Both male &  female staff
• Walk- in and appointment clinics
• Young People Friendly Services
• A choice of services

1046 surveys were completed and we received surveys back from all 11 districts council areas in Hampshire and from Southampton & Portsmouth. The information below gives a brief overview of who completed the survey:

• 63% were female & 32% were male
• 6.9% were from Black Minority Ethnic Communities
• 11% were lesbian, gay or bisexual
• 70% were aged 15-24 years old
• 50% were in education (school, college & university)
• 7.5% were unemployed
• 9% said they had a physical or learning disability

Thank you for taking time to complete the sexual health services consultation. Your views and comments will be fed into the development of new sexual health services in Hampshire.

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If you think you may be pregnant or have missed a period, you need a pregnancy test. The test is only reliable 3 weeks after unprotected sex or one week after a missed period. Click here to find out where FREE pregnancy testing is currently available in your local area.

If you are pregnant, you can find services that are able to help and support at this time, go to unplanned pregnancy page.

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Barton Peveril College’s Rugby Team has been promoting the GET IT ON sexual health services website this season.

The  team has finished second in the league season, go BP! 

www.hcsa.org.uk/sport/view_league_table.php?sport=rugby

Henry Dorling the BP Team Coach said that the rugby team had perfomed really well this season and although there were many highlights he was really impressed with wins over Queen Mary College &  Totton College.  In terms of individual perfomances two players  made it into the Hampshire U17 squad and the team captain represented England Colleges, which was fantastic.

Henry said ‘the team took to using ‘GET IT ON’ as a rallying cry to lift the intensity of their game during matches.’

The rugby team have been involved in promoting health & wellbeing to fellow students. The team launched the new kit at the Freshers Health & Wellbeing Fair in October 2010 and have also promoted chlamydia screening events within the college, encouaging students to get tested.  If you want to find out more about chlamydia visit www.haveyougotit.nhs.uk

Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership wants to thanks the lads for supporting & promoting young people’s sexual health across Hampshire and within Barton Perveril College. Good luck with your exams!

 Remember if you need a sexual health service check out GETITON

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Community Contraception & Sexual Health (CASH) clinics are based in 33 venues across Hampshire and there are clinics in each of the local district council areas.  CASH clinics offer a range of services including: a full range of methods of contraception, including implant, coil and injection; free condoms; testing & treatment for chlamydia for 15-24 year olds; and referral & advice on unplanned pregnancy including referral to local abortion services. CASH clinics offer a confidential service to young people, including those under 16.

Many of the CASH services are now running weekly nurse led CASH clinics on local FE College sites. Check out the list below to see when the college clinics are running. Please note that college clinics only run during term-time and are only available to students at that college.

South East Hampshire

Fareham College, Health & Wellbeing Room (opposite the Library): Thursday 12.00pm – 2.00pm

Havant College, Health and Wellbeing Zone (the separate building in front of the College), New Road: Wednesday 12.00-2.00pm

St Vincent College based in i-stop Bungalow: Monday 3.30pm-5.30pm

North & East Hampshire

Alton College: Friday 12.30-2.00pm

Basingstoke College of Technology, Nurses Room (North Side) Worting Road: Thursday 12.00-2.00pm

Farnborough College of Technology, North Town site: Tuesday 12.00pm – 2.00pm – Chlamydia screening & condoms only.

Farnborough Sixth Form College, Dame Kelly Holmes Sport Hall, Prospect Avenue: Monday 12.00-2.00pm

Queen Marys College, Hackwood Rd: Friday 12.00-2.00pm

West Hampshire

Andover College: Thursdays 11.15am-1.15pm

Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh: Thursday 12.30pm-2.30pm

Brockenhurst College, Medical Room: Monday 12.00pm–2.00pm

Eastleigh College:  Mondays 12.30pm-2.30pm

Peter Symonds College: Tuesday 12.30pm-2.30pm

Totton College First Aid room (near Refectory): Monday 11.30am-1.30pm

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Teenage Conception Rates in Hampshire   

The 2009 provisional teenage conception data was released this week on Tuesday 22 February 2011.

Nationally there has been a decrease of 18.1% since 1998, the lowest national rate for 30 years! Hampshire has seen a reduction of 19.6% between 1998 to 2009 and now has the lowest rate since the strategy started in 1998.

In 1998 the rate in Hampshire was 35.9 per 1000 females aged 15-17 . In 2009 the rate was 28.9 per 1000.

There were 132 fewer teenage conceptions in Hampshire in 2009 compared to 2008.

Reduction in both rates and numbers of conceptions has been welcomed by Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership. Members put the decrease down to partnership working, ensuring that ‘teenage pregnancy is seen as everyone’s business’. There has been an increase the number of young people friendly contraception and sexual health services as well greater uptake of  effective methods of contraception, including the implant amongst young women.  There have also been improvements made in the delivery of Sex & Relationship Education in schools and youth settings, as well as many other projects and service developments since 2009.

If you would like to find out more about the work of the Hampshire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership please contact teenagepregnancy@hants.gov.uk or visit the professionals page .

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