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Joint statement: We're calling for PrEP to be made more widely available
16/11/2021
Joint statement with Terrence Higgins Trust, Prepster and the National Pharmacy Association calls for Government to pilot PrEP in community...
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Statement: National AIDS Trust, Terrence Higgins Trust and Elton John AIDS Foundation response to today’s Comprehensive Spending Review
27/10/2021
"The Government was silent today on funding for HIV and ominous on public health. "If it is serious about ‘combating...
Statement: National AIDS Trust response to needle stick injuries and misinformation on HIV
22/10/2021
Deborah Gold, Chief Executive of National AIDS Trust, said: “The reports about needle drug spiking incidents in the UK are...
Mental health services are failing to support people living with HIV, new report finds
21/10/2021
Mental health services don’t have the necessary knowledge and understanding of HIV to support people living with HIV, 40 years...
Statement: response to Scottish Medicines Consortium approving an injectable medication cabotegravir for people living with HIV in Scotland
12/10/2021
Deborah Gold, Chief Executive of National AIDS Trust, said: “We are delighted to see the Scottish Medicines Consortium has laid...
Blood donation rules to be updated to remove discriminatory criteria
11/10/2021
Today the Department of Health and Social Care have confirmed that the question; ‘In the last three months, have you...
Statement: response to RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Charity Kase discussing their HIV status
07/10/2021
Deborah Gold, Chief Executive of National AIDS Trust, said: “I applaud Charity Kase’s decision to be open about HIV. Better...
Statement: National AIDS Trust, BHIVA, and THT community guidance on COVID third doses & boosters
24/09/2021
Recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on COVID vaccine third doses and boosters: update 24 September...
Statement: response to Cambridge University and PHE research about ending HIV transmission in England by 2030  
24/09/2021
National AIDS Trust’s response to Cambridge University and Public Health England research about ending HIV transmission in England by 2030...
Statement: Joint response to recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on a third COVID vaccine dose for people living with HIV
03/09/2021
Recommendations from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on a third COVID vaccine dose: guidance for people living...
New polling shows HIV stigma still widespread
29/07/2021
FTCI NAT logos.PNG Media Folder blog-attachments Stigma, discrimination and lack of understanding about HIV persist 40 years after first reported...
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Statement: We stand with the trans community
12/07/2021
As a coalition of HIV and sexual health charities, we want to underscore our absolute commitment to supporting the rights...
The Government and NHS are failing migrants in the UK, finds National AIDS Trust research
22/06/2021
The Government and NHS are failing migrants in the UK living with or at risk of HIV, new National AIDS...
Statement: blood donation rules still include exclusionary criteria
14/06/2021
Deborah Gold, Chief Executive of National AIDS Trust, said: “We welcome the changes made today (Monday 14 June) meaning more...
Statement: National AIDS Trust’s response to changes to blood donations from 14 June
11/05/2021
Kat Smithson, Director of Policy at National AIDS Trust, said: “From 14 June more gay and bisexual men will be...
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: National AIDS Trust's response to Department of Health and Social Care's new Office for Health Promotion announcement
29/03/2021
National AIDS Trust's response to Department of Health and Social Care's new Office for Health Promotion announcement Kat Smithson, Director...
Police must remove and end use of database warning markers for HIV to stop HIV stigma, says National AIDS Trust
11/03/2021
Please consider raising this issue with your local MP here . Warning markers identifying a person as living with HIV...
Statement: National AIDS Trust’s response to launch of Government’s White Paper on NHS and social care reform
10/02/2021
National AIDS Trust’s response to launch of Government’s White Paper on NHS and social care reform Deborah Gold, Chief Executive...
Statement: National AIDS Trust response to change in blood donation criteria
14/12/2020
National AIDS Trust response to change in blood donation criteria Men who have sex with men in a long-term relationship...