Health Martin Fisher Foundation to launch at Brighton Dome on Monday The Martin Fisher Foundation will be formally launched with a full day conference and tribute to Martin at the Brighton Dome on Monday, September 14. Martin was the first professor of HIV medicine at Brighton & Sussex Medical School, he was an honorary consultant physician in sexual health and HIV a By Besi • 1 min read
Fundraising News Rainbow Fund to equip treatment room at Sussex Beacon Sussex Beacon awarded £4,350 at Rainbow Fund and Pride Business Awards to pay for essential equipment in one of their inpatient unit treatment rooms. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Fundraising News Vitality Brighton Half Marathon 2016 registration closes soon With six months to go until race day, organisers for the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon 2016 urge runners to sign up as few places remain. More than 8,000 places have been snapped up so far, and the event looks likely to sell out within the next few weeks. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Be PROUD and PrEPared The Medical Research Council, Terrence Higgins Trust, Sigma Research and ReShape are screening a video documentary about PrEP directed by Nicholas Feustel in central Brighton this evening. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
General News Ombudsman report highlights Health Service failures in South East A new Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report shows the impact of public service failures and poor complaint handling in the NHS in England and UK government departments can have on the public. The report contains a snapshot of complaints investigated between December 2014 and January 2015 By Paul Thorn • 2 min read
Project Soaked Arts Clonezone and Ku Bar support Prostate Cancer UK Clonezone and Soho based KU Bar join forces to raise funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK and launch Project SOAKED, the brain child of photographer Mark Lister. Project SOAKED is a visual venture from the award-winning photographer, showcasing striking portraits in a calendar and hard back ph By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Health Benefits Advice Workshops for people with HIV at Lunch Positive Lunch Positive will host two workshops during September at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church run by Tim Procter, the Welfare Rights Advisor at THT. There have been key changes to the main benefits for sick and disabled claimants. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Health Mini conference for local people aged 50+ with HIV To mark International Older People’s Day on October 1, the HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will host an event dedicated to people living locally who are over 50 and living with HIV. Health, Wealth and Happiness Day, on HIV and ageing in Brighton and Hove will take place at By Besi • 2 min read
Health World Suicide Prevention Day 2015 Grassroots Suicide Prevention (GSP) will be marking World Suicide Prevention Day in Brighton & Hove with a series of activities on September 10. The theme this year is Reaching Out and Saving Lives. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Colin Barton General News New ME Guidelines launched The Sussex ME Society has welcomed new management guidelines for health professionals caring for patients affected by Myalgic encephalopathy(ME) or Chronic fatigue syndrome(CFS). The guidelines were launched last week by the British Association for CFS/ME (BACME). The Sussex ME Society, was founded By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Health HIV organisations renew calls for PrEP as standard A collective of HIV community organisations renew their call on decision makers to make PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) available to those most at risk in the UK of becoming infected with HIV. The PROUD study which took place in Kenya and Uganda saw PrEP reduce the risk HIV transmission by 96% in 10 By Paul Thorn • 1 min read
Health Free Mindfulness Course at MindOut MindOut, the LGBTQ mental health project will be offering an eight week FREE Mindfulness Course starting September 14, run for and by LGBTQ people with lived experience of mental health issues. This eight week course will run on Mondays from 4.30pm – 6.30pm starting on September 14. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
