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The messianic cockroaches of sexual health

BMJ 2013; 346 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2362 (Published 16 April 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;346:f2362

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Re: The messianic cockroaches of sexual health

Dear Dr Black
I am very pleased you cited the ongoing problems in Sexual Health nationally in this week’s BMJ which is worsening with the increasing tendering & procurements of NHS Contracts at the expense of profits.

This will lead to problems with staff retention as well as future recruitment as the specialty becomes more ‘dumbed down’. Future undergraduate and postgraduate students will not be attracted to the specialty if private providers do not offer suitable training schemes as the NHS currently does.

Well done in highlighting this in our very underrated, Cinderella discipline which is in desperate need of a positive spin!

Best wishes
Dush

Dr Dush Mital FRCP, Dip GUM, DFFP
Consultant in Sexual Health/HIV Medicine
Milton Keynes & University College Hospitals

Competing interests: No competing interests

24 April 2013
Dushyant Mital
Consultant Physician
Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust
Standing Way, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes MK6 5LD