LATEST NEWS
Half the British Public Don't Use Condoms with a New Sexual PartnerNational AIDS Trust Gives Guidance for Professionals on Asylum Seekers and HIV
National AIDS Trust Welcomes Landmark High Court Judgement
LATEST NAT PUBLICATIONS
Key issues for people living with HIV Jan 08 HIV and the law Expert seminar report 2007VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT NAT
VolunteeringNAT PUBLICATIONS
HIV Testing and Prevention Expert Seminar Report Sexual Health and HIV: Measures for Success Charging Campaign Manifesto HIV and Recruitment advice for employersGuidance for Professionals on Asylum Seekers and HIV
The National AIDS Trust has published a new report: HIV and the UK Asylum Pathway.
The report maps out the complex pathway an asylum seeker in the UK takes from application to when a decision is made on their claim. It also highlights the needs of an HIV-positive asylum seeker and identifies both challenges and opportunities professionals have to address those needs.
The report is an ideal guide for professionals including community care nurses, GPs and civil servants, who support asylum seekers through the course of their work.
Download the report here.
Policy Announced on Criminal Prosecution for Sexual Transmission of Infections
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced new guidance to prosecutors to explain how it deals with cases involving the intentional or reckless sexual transmission of an infection. Whilst remaining opposed to prosecutions for the reckless transmission of HIV, the National AIDS Trust welcomes the valuable clarifications the CPS has made in this guidance.
Read the National AIDS Trust statement on the guidance.
Read the Crown Prosecution Service’s Guidance on Intentional or Reckless Sexual Transmission of Infection and accompanying policy statement.
Read the National AIDS Trust summary and explanation of key points in the guidance.
Landmark High Court Judgment on Access to Treatment
The High Court has ruled that all refused asylum seekers who had been given ‘temporary admission’ should be considered as legally and ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, and therefore able to access free secondary care while they remain in the UK. This judgment has important and immediate implications for refused asylum seekers in need of HIV treatment.
Read further information and guidance on the judgment.
Read the National AIDS Trust response to the judgment.
