Despite the prevalent cultural stereotype that people’s sexual activity declines or ceases as they grow older, adults in the UK remain sexually active throughout later life. This review of the literature investigates the factors influencing older adults’ engagement with primary care sexual health services and makes recommendations about potential interventions.
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This study has some limitations. It did not include men who had fertility treatment and did not become fathers, and the average age of men when they were followed up was 45.
And the overall number of men who developed prostate cancer in all 3 groups was small: 0.28% in the non-treatment group, 0.37% in the IVF group and 0.42% in the ICSI group.
Men with a history of fertility treatment should not be overly concerned.
Data published on Tuesday 3 September 2019, by Public Health England (PHE) reveal that new HIV diagnoses in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since 2000. New diagnoses fell by almost a third (28%) from 6,271 in 2015 to 4,484 in 2018.
The national HPV vaccination programme is being extended to eligible boys from 1 September 2019.
The universal HPV vaccination programme special edition features:
introduction of the HPV universal programme
guidance, training slide set and a factsheet for health professionals
patient group direction (PGD) template
HPV vaccine supply
resources - vaccination record card and consent form
promotional material - poster, leaflet and social media resources
new optional school-level vaccine coverage data collection tool to assist with local data collection
updated routine childhood and complete immunisation schedules (effective from 1 September 2019)
attitudinal survey and leaflet testing