6PM’s Climate-HIV is now live at The HIV Service at Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital, part of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. This healthcare ICT solution is being used for clinical management support of the Trust’s HIV care. Climate-HIV is an HIV clinic in a box. Having all the patient’s data in an Electronic Patient
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Access to Hepatitis C Drugs: Write Your MP
In this blog at Channel 4 News, Victoria Macdonald reports on continuing delays in access to hepatitis C treatments and concerns that NHS England is seeking to influence NICE decisions about new hepatitis C treatments on the basis on affordability, rather than cost-effectiveness: Officials at NHS England have been accused of interfering in a process to
What do the START results mean for HIV positive people?
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On 27 May 2015, at least 18 months earlier than anyone expected, one of the largest ongoing HIV studies announced early results. The news was given at a high-level press conference in Washington by Dr Antony Fauci, head of the US National Institute for Allergy and Immune Diseases (NIAID). Together with
Slings, Slamming and Chem-sex
Many people have been asking us recently about chem-sex. Dr Steve Taylor, Heartlands HIV Service’s Lead Consultant, has written on this topic at the Huffington Post. We’ve reproduced the article below, but you can also read it here. This blog is definitely not for the faint-hearted: if you’re easily offended, please stop reading now! For
Future Commissioning of HIV and TB Support Services in Birmingham
Birmingham City Council is undertaking a strategic review of current provision and local need for social support for people with HIV and TB, to help shape the future commissioning of services. You can read what the consultation said here. Did you get the opportunity to have your say? We are concerned that the consultation didn’t quite
Election 2015 – five HIV asks for the next UK Government
The National AIDS Trust and HIV Scotland have joined together to identify the key priorities for the new Parliament which will reduce HIV transmission and improve the lives of people living with HIV across the UK. They are calling for commitments in five key areas – human rights, sex and relationships education (SRE), HIV prevention,
Professor Martin Fisher: In Memoriam
We are very sad today to hear of the passing of Professor Martin Fisher, a valued colleague based at Brighton and Sussex University Hospital. Martin was the first professor of HIV medicine at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and an honorary consultant physician in sexual health & HIV at BSUH. He had been instrumental in the
Would you date an HIV-positive guy?
This piece by Matthew Hodson, the Chief Executive of GMFA, the gay men’s health charity, was originally published at GMFA.org.uk. I’ve been living with diagnosed HIV for many years. In that time I’ve had my share of sexual and romantic rejections on the basis of my HIV status. While these don’t make up any of my
Chemsex: A Guide
Chemsex – the word used to describe drug use in sexual contexts – is increasingly prevalent amongst men who have sex with men. This guide from 56 Dean Street and the Hepatitis C Trust is an excellent introduction to the issues surrounding this practice: HCV continues to be a highlystigmatised disease associated with much fear, ignorance and misinformation.
Withdrawn Plans to Expand PROUD Study
WITHDRAWN PLANS TO EXPAND PROUD STUDY 19th January 2015 Given that the PROUD pilot study has answered theimportant question of how much protection daily Truvada can offer when provided in sexual health clinics in the UK, there is no need for the planned larger clinical trial. As such, we have withdrawn our funding application to