From December 9th until March 2010, Terrence Higgins Trust will be offering sexual health communication training for health care providers in Coventry and Warwickshire.

The training aims to help Health Practitioners, including GPs, Practice Nurses, School Nurses and pharmacy staff increase their capacity for providing sexual health services or screening for sexually transmitted infections.

The course will have a particular emphasis on communicating with service users about sexual health, tailoring sexual health information to particular patient groups and sensitively initiating conversations about sexual health with service users. The course will increase practitioner’s confidence in addressing sexual health issues with their patients.

Jane Morel, Regional Delivery Manager for Terrence Higgins Trust said “Sexual health can still be a difficult issue to raise, but primary care staff and pharmacists have a key role to play in both educating their patients and providing services for those affected. This training will build on the existing skills of those attending and course materials will also allow participants to disseminate what they have learned to their colleagues.”

Formal training days are held on a number of dates from November through to March 2010. If these dates are inconvenient, Terrence Higgins Trust can offer bespoke sessions including shorter sessions, evenings and weekends, one to one coaching and in-house training sessions.

The training programme is funded by the West Midland Workforce Deanery and all courses including one to one sessions and in house training are free to participants.

For further information, or to book a place on the course, please contact Jayne Lovett on 02476 229 292 or email jayne.lovett@tht.org.uk

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• Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s largest HIV and sexual health charity with centres across England, Scotland and Wales. We're here to provide information and advice about HIV and sexual health and offer a range of services including sexual health checks, counselling and support groups.  We campaign for a world where people with HIV live healthy lives, free from prejudice and discrimination and we promote good sexual health as a right and reality for all. Terrence Higgins Trust relies on donations to deliver a wide range of services. To make a donation, visit www.tht.org.uk