Work and Pensions Committee Call for End of Pre-Employment Health Questionnaires

Work and Pensions Committee Call for End of Pre-Employment Health Questionnaires

Publication date

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

NAT successful in giving evidence to Committee

NAT (National AIDS Trust) warmly welcomes the Work and Pensions Committee’s recommendation that as a general rule disability related enquiries should only be permitted after a conditional job offer has been made.

NAT, THT and Rethink call for Equality Bill to ban pre-employment health questionnaires

NAT, THT and Rethink call for Equality Bill to ban pre-employment health questionnaires

Publication date

Friday, April 24, 2009

Equality Bill ignores discrimination faced by job seekers with disabilities, say charities

A coalition of charities is calling for an amendment to the Equality Bill to reduce major discrimination faced by job seekers with ‘invisible’ conditions such as mental illness or HIV.

NAT calls on journalists to get up-to-date about HIV

NAT calls on journalists to get up-to-date about HIV

Publication date

Friday, July 24, 2009

Guidelines aim to improve reporting of HIV in the UK

In response to continued concerns about inaccurate and stigmatising coverage of HIV in UK media NAT (National AIDS Trust) is today launching Guidelines for Reporting HIV: Supplementary Information, an update to the NUJ/NAT 2007 guidelines. This practical guide allows journalists and editors to ensure they are up-to-date on HIV and check their stories are accurate.

NAT calls for NHS to do more to reassure patients about confidentiality

NAT calls for NHS to do more to reassure patients about confidentiality

Publication date

Friday, January 8, 2010

Confidentiality a serious concern for people with HIV

A report released today by NAT (National AIDS Trust) calls for the Department of Health to clarify the rules surrounding patient confidentiality and for better staff training, particularly in relation to patients with HIV.

NAT calls for new HIV testing strategies to tackle undiagnosed HIV and late diagnosis.

NAT calls for new HIV testing strategies to tackle undiagnosed HIV and late diagnosis.

Publication date

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
NAT today launches a new report, ‘HIV Testing Action Plan – to reduce late HIV diagnosis in the UK’, outlining steps to increase HIV testing at a time of great change and financial pressure within the NHS. 

NAT calls for urgent action from London Councils to address drug use amongst gay men.

NAT calls for urgent action from London Councils to address drug use amongst gay men.

Publication date

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
NAT (National AIDS Trust) today publishes a letter written to the London Councils, calling for effective action to address a recent and rapid rise in the use of crystal meth, mephedrone and GHB/GBL on the London gay scene.