When over 55-year-olds were asked what they thought their chances were of acquiring an STI from unprotected sex, 25% believed it was ‘next to nothing’ compared with 13% of 18-24 year olds.

Heidi Wright, head of practice at the RPSGB, said: ‘The majority of safe sex messages are targeted at teenagers, but as more adults begin new relationships later in life, they quite clearly need advice too.’

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health says that not enough is being done to promote public health, even though this is a key responsibility of government.

Legislation and initiatives across the public sector are needed to improve the way people look after their health, according to a report by the group.

The group suggests that local authorities should be supported by regulations enabling them Read more »

Louise McMenemy, the BMA Medical Student Committee lead said: ‘We are concerned about the obstacles that lie in the path of many pupils from lower socio-economic backgrounds who want to study medicine’.

The BMA also believes that universities should publish their strategies of how they intend to widen participation.

‘It is important for the NHS, students and society that we have a medical workforce that Read more »

Edward Leigh MP (Con, Gainsborough), chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), said that the government could not expect NHS trusts to deploy systems that do not work. If the situation does not improve within six months, he added, ‘the DoH should consider allowing trusts to apply for funding for alternative systems’.

His committee colleague, south Norfolk Conservative MP Richard Bacon, went further, and called for Read more »