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BASHH column
President’s musings
  1. Olwen Williams1,
  2. Claire Dewsnap2,3
  1. 1 Department of Sexual Health, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, UK
  2. 2 Genitourinary Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
  3. 3 British Association of Sexual Health and HIV, Macclesfield, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Claire Dewsnap, Genitourinary medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK; claire.dewsnap1{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054398

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    Sometimes we need reminding who we are and what our objectives are. BASHH—The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV—is the biggest organisation of its kind worldwide. Its objectives are

    • To promote, encourage and improve the study and practice of diagnosing, treating and managing STIs, HIV and other sexual health problems.

    • To innovate and deliver excellent tailored education and training to healthcare professionals, trainers and trainees in the UK.

    • To determine, monitor and maintain standards of governance in the provision of sexual health and HIV care.

    • To advance public health in relation to STIs, HIV and other sexual health problems.

    • To champion and promote good sexual health and provide education to the public.

    It is important that BASHH does not stray into the realms of being a trade union but offers appropriate support to its members.

    So who runs BASHH ?

    It is the members! The President is effectively the CEO supported by the Officers (executive directors) who each take responsibility for different areas of the Association’s activities. All …

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    Footnotes

    • Twitter @OlwenOlwen, @DewsnapClaire

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.