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National AIDS Trust responds to increased STI rates amongst gay and bisexual men
05/07/2016
Public Health England has today published statistics on the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in England.
NHS England once again denies the public PrEP
31/05/2016
NHS England has confirmed its decision to remove PrEP from the official NHS commissioning process, leaving this potentially life changing...
The NHS will now consider putting PrEP back into the NHS decision-making process following the threat of legal action from the National AIDS Trust (NAT)
19/04/2016
On 21 March, NHS England announced it was pulling the plug on its decision-making process on whether to make PrEP...
Comment on new HIV statistics: The Government must invest in prevention.
18/11/2015
Deborah Gold, chief executive, National AIDS Trust, said: “Today’s announcement by Public Health England that 103,700 people are now living...
UK fails to reduce numbers of HIV diagnoses - The NHS shouldn't withold PrEP any longer.
20/10/2015
There were 6,151 new HIV diagnoses in 2014, including the highest number on record among gay and bisexual men, (3,360)...
HIV Organisations Call on Public to Sign Community Statement for PrEP.
04/08/2015
As evidence of the effectiveness of PrEP continues to emerge there is a growing international consensus on the importance of...
Government reject Committee recommendations on PSHE.
16/07/2015
Today, the Government failed to accept any of the recommendations made by the Education Select Committee on how to improve...
NAT comments on the release of the first HIV self-test.
27/04/2015
The UK's first HIV self-test goes on sale today, from BioSure. The test uses a small amount of blood from...
NAT (National AIDS Trust) ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of upheaval and delay in national HIV prevention spending.
12/03/2015
The Department of Health has announced its plans for investment in HIV prevention for 2015-16.
How we are failing a generation of young gay men.
09/03/2015
New research has found three-quarters of young men who are sexually attracted to other men (young MSM) don’t receive any...
HIV prevention – underfunded and deprioritised.
20/02/2015
Not enough money is being spent on HIV prevention to have any impact on the rate of new HIV infections,...
Leaders’ responses to open letter show no cross-party consensus on LGBTI inclusive Sex and Relationships Education.
13/02/2015
#SameSexSRE There has been a mixed response to an open letter to the party leaders calling for: ‘All political parties...
NAT welcomes Government commitment to maintain national HIV prevention funding
22/12/2014
The National AIDS Trust (NAT) has today welcomed commitment from the Minister for Public Health, Jane Ellison MP, to maintain...
NAT opposes 50% cut to national HIV prevention funding for England.
15/12/2014
The Government has announced that there will be devastating cuts to funding for the national HIV prevention programme in England...
British public still in the dark about HIV 30 years on.
01/12/2014
Less than half (45%) of the British public understand how HIV is and isn’t transmitted, new research reveals today[1]. NAT...
IMPACT OF HIV ON UK GAY COMMUNITY CONTINUES UNABATED.
18/11/2014
Public Health England reports greatest number of new diagnoses in gay men The Report published today from Public Health England...
OVER 26,000 PEOPLE WITH HIV IN THE UK ARE UNAWARE THEY HAVE IT.
18/11/2014
Public Health England increase estimates of the number of heterosexuals living with undiagnosed HIV in the UK. The Report published...
HIV drug you take just before sex to prevent transmission - NAT comment.
29/10/2014
The French PrEP trial ANRS IPERGAY announced today that trial participants on the placebo arm of its study should be...
NAT comments on PROUD study interim results on PrEP.
16/10/2014
Today, the PROUD study interim analysis finds pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly protective against HIV for gay men and other...
PHE stats show an overall decrease in new HIV diagnoses – but not for gay men.
06/10/2014
Today (6 October) Public Health England (PHE) releases its 2013 HIV statistics, showing the number of people who are receiving...