BASHH's National Audit Group regularly appoints a specialist trainee, trainee researcher, or other early career healthcare professional working in Sexual Health Services, to help lead each of its major national audit projects. Individuals are invited to put themselves forward for this role for the 2026 audit. The audit will concentrate on the management of anogenital herpes including specific considerations in pregnancy. Key areas of focus will include relevant policies, processes, and clinical practices for the management of anogenital herpes, in line with the BASHH 2024 Herpes simplex guidelines and the updated 2024 joint HSV in Pregnancy guidelines from BASHH and the Royal College of Obstetricians.
The trainee lead for a national audit project is co-opted as a member of the National Audit Group and their role is to:
- Work with members of the group, and BASHH’s clinical audit coordinator (Lucie Stuart) in planning the audit and analysing the data
- Present the audit findings orally at BASHH conference.
- Prepare and submit an article based on the audit findings for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, for which they would normally be first author. This should be submitted within 6 months of the conference presentation.
Ideally, applicants should have had at least 2 years’ experience working in Sexual Health and need to be nominated by the BASHH Regional Audit Chair for their area. The trainee should also have the support and agreement of their own consultant, principal investigator or line management, if different. Successful applicants should be BASHH members for the period of time they are on the committee.
Interested trainees should contact the BASHH Regional Audit Chair for their area (see list below) to request nomination, detailing experience and how they could contribute toward this topic. If this is agreed, they should submit the trainee’s name and contact details to Lucie Stuart (nag@BASHH.org) by 25th February 2026. The successful candidate will be selected from those nominated and notified during the following week.
List of BASHH Regional Audit Chairs in dropdown menu below.