NAM, NAT, BHIVA and BASHH welcome new data from Public Health England that gives hope that HIV can be conquered
Jasper Conran and NAT (National AIDS Trust) are releasing a commemorative brooch for the charity’s 30th anniversary ahead of World AIDS Day (Dec 1). Jasper Conran follows in the footsteps of Lulu Guinness and Alexander McQueen jeweller Shaun Leane who have also collaborated with the charity.
NAT (National AIDS Trust) is launching the Let's End It campaign today at an event in the House of Lords that marks the 30th year of the charity working at the forefront of the UK’s response to HIV. Let's End It sets a goal to end the growth of the HIV epidemic and the continued stigma surrounding HIV before another 30 years pass by.
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The Local Government Association (LGA) today warned that sexual health services are at 'tipping point' as significant increases in demand have coincided with dramatic cuts in the public health budget.
NAT’s recently published data from FOI requests to all UK local authorities, shows that HIV prevention services are also suffering hugely as a result of these cuts to the public health budget. In areas with a high prevalence of HIV, NAT found that funding for prevention was down by almost a third in just two years.
People living with HIV are not getting the support they need from Personal Independence Payment (PIP), according to new research from the National AIDS Trust (NAT).[1]
PIP replaces Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and is supposed to promote independence and participation by helping pay for the extra costs of living with a disability.[2]
People living with HIV continue to face barriers to accessing insurance, despite improvements in availability over the past decade, according to a new report from NAT (National AIDS Trust).[1]
New research from NAT shows that one in four (25%) people living with HIV have been refused a financial product or quoted an unaffordable premium in the last five years. Some insurance products, such as income protection insurance and critical illness cover, remain completely unavailable to people living with HIV.
Data published today by NAT (National AIDS Trust), shows a significant decrease in spending on HIV prevention across the UK. In areas with a high HIV prevalence, where need is highest, spending dropped by 29% in two years. In London, where all 32 boroughs have a high prevalence of HIV, there was a 35% reduction in HIV prevention funding.
Today (Monday 10th April) Scotland becomes the first of the UK nations to approve the provision of PrEP (Pre Exposure Prophylaxis) by the NHS to prevent HIV.
Following a rigorous process the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) today announced that PrEP, the HIV prevention drug, has been deemed a cost-effective treatment to prevent the transmission of HIV and will be made available on the NHS in Scotland.
Yesterday, the 56 Dean Street clinic in Soho, London, announced a 40% drop in HIV diagnoses in 2016.
This was despite carrying out the same number of tests as the previous year, and seeing a patient population with a similar risk profile and diagnosis rates for other STIs.
Dean Street is the UK’s largest sexual health clinic and accounts for 1 in 9 HIV diagnoses in the UK. Doctors at the clinic attribute decrease in HIV diagnoses down to a combination of:
