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New film created to help smash HIV stigma
Casey House – a hospital in Canada providing care to those living with and at risk of HIV – is utilising cinematic horror to bring attention to HIV stigma.
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NHS England launches monkeypox vaccination clinic finder
The new tool makes it easier for gay and bisexual men to find their nearest vaccination centre and book a monkeypox vaccine.
Fundraising News
Comedy Night raises £5,000 for Sussex Beacon’s Women and Families Service
The sum raised will enable a baby feeding choices project to be funded for an entire year, run by the Women and Families Service at the Sussex Beacon, alongside the Lawson Unit’s Sunflower Clinic.
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Dedicated LGBTQ+ Covid vaccination sessions with Clare Project and Rainbow Hub
Eligible for an autumn booster? Not up to date on your previous Covid vaccines? Walk-in and get yours at one of two dedicated LGBTQ+ sessions running in Brighton with the Clare Project on Tuesday, October 25 and at the Ledward Centre on Saturday, November 5.
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Learning disability dementia service launches in West Sussex
The Community Learning Disability Team in West Sussex, run by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, is delivering the service as people with learning disabilities and Down’s syndrome are more likely to have memory problems as they get older.
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Terrence Higgins Trust withdraws support for government’s ‘lacklustre’ monkeypox strategy
Due to appropriate actions not being taken and the lacklustre monkeypox communication strategy, THT has decided to withdraw from monkeypox communications meetings for England.
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Digging Beneath The Surface – Michael Handrick on the mental health epidemic affecting LGBTQ+ communities
We can no longer ignore our mental health, especially at this inflection point in time when our rights are being attacked once again across the world.
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‘Be Sure. Know the Four’: London boroughs launch new HIV prevention campaign
The multi-media social marketing campaign highlights the effectiveness of HIV prevention and encourages key affected groups to reject complacency
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Programme to improve West Sussex mental health inpatient services complete
The NHS in Sussex has announced that a programme to significantly improve mental health inpatient services in West Sussex for adults, older people and those living with dementia has been fully implemented.
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Health Secretary must ‘prioritise monkeypox’s devastating impact on sexual health services’
Leading sexual health charities – Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), National AIDS Trust and PrEPster – have warned newly appointed Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey MP that sexual health clinics are in crisis with the current monkeypox outbreak displacing other vital services, including testing for sexual
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Second vaccine doses to be offered to those at highest risk from monkeypox
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced that second doses of the smallpox (Jynneos) vaccine will be offered to people at highest risk from monkeypox – gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men – in order to maximise protection against the virus.
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Professor Yvonne Gilleece to visit the Sussex Beacon on Thursday, September 22
Professor Yvonne Gilleece, HIV consultant at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust’s Lawson Unit and Lead in HIV & Women, will be visiting local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon to address this month’s Women’s Group on Thursday, September 22 from 10.30am.