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HIV charities write to MPs to oppose the Nordic model on sex work
15/04/2021
National AIDS Trust, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and The Love Tank are backing the wide sex-worker led opposition to efforts...
Statement: Police Scotland to stop recording HIV status in database
12/06/2020
Following the announcement today from Police Scotland, spearheaded by HIV Scotland , we want to highlight that markers are still...
Daryll Rowe case heard in Scotland
04/05/2018
Kat Smithson, Director of Policy and Campaigns at NAT (National AIDS Trust) said: “The Rowe case is the first of...
NAT comment following Daryll Rowe conviction
16/11/2017
Daryll Rowe has been convicted on five charges of intentional HIV transmission and five charges of attempted intentional transmission. Deborah...
Campaign to end impact of HIV in the next 30 years launches today in parliament
11/09/2017
NAT (National AIDS Trust) is launching the Let's End It campaign today at an event in the House of Lords...
People with HIV demonised in the press
01/12/2015
Media coverage on people living with HIV is twice as likely to be negative (48%) than it is to be...
National AIDS Trust calls on police to update their guidance on HIV.
18/07/2013
NAT (National AIDS Trust) is calling on all UK police forces to ensure their guidance and policies on HIV are...
NAT launches exclusive red ribbon art exhibition at London's City Hall.
23/11/2012
To mark World AIDS Day (1 December) and NAT’s 25th anniversary, NAT is launching a Red Ribbon Art Exhibition at...
NAT report reveals police training and policies on HIV are outdated and stigmatising.
18/06/2012
NAT today launches a report ‘ Police occupational health policies and blood borne virus training: protecting health? ’ which reveals...
NAT welcomes new guidance in Scotland on prosecutions for HIV transmission.
01/05/2012
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) today published their Guidance for Scotland on ' Intentional or Reckless Sexual...