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Press releases and statements about HIV and related topics

 

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...
New HIV risk for people who inject drugs.
06/07/2013
A significant increase in the number of gay men injecting drugs and people injecting Image and Performance-Enhancing Drugs could lead...
Government announces it will provide foil to drug users - NAT comment.
05/07/2013
NAT (National AIDS Trust) welcomes the news that the Government will now be providing foil for drug users through drug...
Limiting migrant access to the NHS - NAT comment.
03/07/2013
(NAT) National AIDS Trust comments on the Government’s consultation on limiting migrant access to the NHS, including charging for primary...
Statement on Sir Patrick Nairne.
06/06/2013
NAT was saddened to hear of the death of Sir Patrick Nairne. He was one of the first NAT trustees...
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia - NAT comment
17/05/2013
Friday is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. To mark the day NAT is repeating its call to legalise gay...
NAT comment on the Queen's speech and the impact it could have on people living with HIV.
08/05/2013
NAT (National AIDS Trust) responds to the announcement in the Queen's Speech today that migrants will face further restrictions to...
National AIDS Trust publishes guidance on reducing late HIV diagnosis for commissioners.
23/04/2013
NAT (National AIDS Trust) has produced a comprehensive toolkit for commissioning HIV testing services in England, in time for the...
Health Tourism - Daily Mail letter.
19/04/2013
In your article, 19 April 2013, ' How I'll weed out the health tourists, by Hunt: Minister acts after Mail...
Erasure's Andy Bell raising the roof for NAT's Spring Awakening.
28/03/2013
Andy Bell will be performing at NAT'S flagship fundraiser, Spring Awakening with an exclusive live acoustic set, in his first...
NAT calls for urgent action from London Councils to address drug use amongst gay men.
27/03/2013
NAT (National AIDS Trust) today publishes a letter written to the London Councils, calling for effective action to address a...
Government’s review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic education in England - NAT comment.
21/03/2013
Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of NAT (National AIDS Trust) said of the Government’s review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic...
French study into HIV cure - NAT comment.
15/03/2013
Deborah Jack, Chief Executive at NAT (National AIDS Trust) comments on the recent news a Pasteur Institute's in Paris found...
Government Sexual Health Framework - NAT comments.
15/03/2013
Deborah Jack, chief executive, National AIDS Trust: "Today the government published its long-awaited Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England...
Functional HIV cure in USA - NAT comment.
04/03/2013
Deborah Jack, Chief Executive at NAT (National AIDS Trust) comments on the recent news a baby in the USA has...
HPA/ UCL HIV epidemic in MSM research: National AIDS Trust comment.
18/02/2013
NAT's comment on the Health Protection Agency and UCL research exploring driving forces behind HIV epidemic in men who have...
HIV transmission amongst men who have sex with men - NAT comment.
01/02/2013
The Medical Research Council and the Health Protection Agency research which shows a failure to reduce HIV transmission amongst men...
Charity urges better availability of early treatment to prevent spread of HIV.
22/01/2013
The National AIDS Trust (NAT) is calling on the NHS to allow people with HIV to start treatment early in...
Public confused about how you get HIV.
14/01/2013
Nearly half (46%) of the general public wrongly think you can get HIV from being bitten, spat at or coming...
National charities reject call for UK Bill of Rights.
18/12/2012
The Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) welcomes the publication of today’s report, The Choice Before Us, by the Commission on...