The Department for Education have asked parents and young people for input as they gather views on what should be covered when relationships and sex education (RSE) become mandatory in all schools. Guidelines for schools were last updated in 2000.
Data released from PHE today shows that HIV diagnoses amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) have fallen by 21%. This fall is steepest in London, where new diagnoses dropped by 29%, compared to 11% in the rest of the country.[1]
Growing use of PrEP will have contributed to the fall, alongside other key factors, including engaging higher risk individuals with frequent HIV and STI testing, ensuring timely HIV diagnosis and much earlier treatment, significantly reducing the chance of any transmission to others.[2]
On International Transgender Day of Visibility, the National AIDS Trust is calling for policy change to improve HIV prevention, treatment and care for trans* people in the UK.
Yusef Azad, Director of Strategy, said: “We strongly disagree with the decision by the NHS to hand over patient information to the Home Office immigration authorities. Patient confidentiality is one of the cornerstones of an ethical and effective healthcare system.
