This new Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP) training is not about devolving HIV care to GPs, however it has been identified that the care of HIV patients lacks a primary care perspective.

The session will address the causes of sickness and death, help you to develop a holistic annual review process for HIV patients, highlight the potential for practice nurse/pharmacist involvement, and provide two simple audits for you and your team.

Learning objectives:

• learn the commoner causes of death and co-morbidity in HIV patients
• develop primary care strategies to intervene
• devolve appropriate responsibilities across the primary care team
• co-develop a primary care annual review
• learn two simple audits of HIV care
• learn management strategies for patients not engaged with secondary HIV care.

This SHIP training is available for free for all Islington and Haringey GPs and practice based pharmacists. Ideally, GPs planning to attend will have completed both SHIP GP Key Issues and SHIP Blood Borne Virus sessions within the last five years, but this is not mandatory.

It is recommended that one GP per practice attends.

Funding available: £300 backfill for attendance, plus £150 audit completion.

Please note: Another session will be taking place on Thursday 12 May for those unable to attend on this date.

For more information, please contact clinicallead@shiptraining.org.uk