NAT and Shelter set new approach for assessing housing need

NAT (National AIDS Trust) has today launched a guide about HIV for housing officers. The guidance, produced in partnership with Shelter, follows a report1 in January which revealed evidence of poor practice in housing provision for people living with HIV. Research shows inappropriate housing has a detrimental effect on the health of someone living with HIV, with potentially life-threatening consequences.

Police and HIV sector work together to produce guidance

New guidance has been produced to help police when investigating allegations of criminal transmission of HIV.  The guidance provides police officers with basic facts about HIV and sets out advice on how to deal with complaints about reckless (or intentional) transmission of HIV in a fair and sensitive manner.

New guidance released by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends increased testing of HIV in key risk groups.   The guidance aims to increase the uptake of HIV testing to reduce undiagnosed infection and prevent transmission among African communities and gay men.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced new public policy and guidance to prosecutors to explain how it deals with cases involving the intentional or reckless sexual transmission of an infection.

The National AIDS Trust has today, 21 April, published HIV and the UK Asylum Pathway. More people than ever before are living with HIV in the UK, and a significant number of asylum applicants are coming from high prevalence countries. This report makes the case for the needs of HIV-positive asylum seekers to be better supported throughout the asylum process and the HIV prevention needs of migrants to be considered earlier.