Clinical and practice guidelines
Clinical and professional guidance to support consistent, evidence-basedpractice in HIV prevention, testing and wider sexual health.
Testing
- BHIVA/BASHH Adult HIV Testing Guidelines 2020: The main professional guidance on when and how to offer HIV testing across healthcare settings.
- Blood-borne viruses opt-out testing in emergency departments: good practice guidance (NHS England): Practical NHS England guidance to support routine BBV opt-out testing in emergency departments and strengthen uptake and linkage to care.
PrEP
- BASHH/BHIVA guidelines on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) 2025: The main clinical guide to PrEP, covering who may benefit, how it is prescribed, and how people are supported before and during use.
PEP
- UK Guideline for the use of HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP): Guidance for responding quickly and consistently after a possible HIV exposure, including sexual, occupational and other community exposures.
STIs
- BASHH guidelines hub: A central home for national STI guidance and standards, making it easy to find up-to-date clinical resources in one place.
- Gonorrhoea guideline 2025 (BASHH): A current example of BASHH STI guidance, relevant for services working across HIV and wider sexual health prevention.
- Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis 2025 (BASHH): National guidance on doxyPEP for syphilis prevention, useful for teams working with people at higher risk of bacterial STIs.
