Health National HIV Testing Week Update: Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) relaunches postal HIV testing service for gay and bisexual men. HIV and sexual health charity THT is to mark National HIV Testing Week from November 22-30, by relaunching its highly popular postal HIV testing service for gay and bisexual men. The Fastest Direct service i By Besi • 2 min read
General News THT says UK can reach ‘tipping point’ of fight against HIV within a generation As Public Health England releases its annual report on the UK’s HIV epidemic, HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has released a response outlining how the UK can lead the world in reaching ‘the tipping point’ in the fight against the virus. World Health Organisation modelling By Besi • 2 min read
Health Grassroots Suicide Prevention rewarded in the Lloyds Bank Community Fund Grassroots Suicide Prevention has been awarded £3,000 in the Lloyds Bank Community Fund 2014 in Brighton and Hove. Lunch Positive the HIV lunch club came a close second in the local vote and will receive a grant of £2,000. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Lunch Positive Christmas news Lunch Positive is open throughout December and looking forward to a busy month. The next new monthly Sunday Lunch club is on Sunday December 7. The weekly Friday lunch club will be open as usual on Friday December 5 and 12. The annual Christmas Lunch that brings together members and volunteers for a By Besi • 1 min read
General News Today is World Diabetes Day Type 2 diabetes reversible with lifestyle changes – calculate your risk using a simple questionnaire. Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with lifestyle changes, according to European Society of Cardiology spokesperson Professor Eberhard Standl, from the Munich Diabetes Research Group in Germany. By Besi • 2 min read
Health National HIV Testing Week: November 22 – 30 THE NUMBERS of gay and bisexual men in England coming forward for HIV testing has surged, following a nationwide drive to encourage those in high-risk groups to test for the virus and reduce the proportion of infections that remain undiagnosed. By Besi • 3 min read
General News Half of people with hepatitis C unaware of infection Around half of the people living with hepatitis C infections don’t know it, according to a new publication from Public Health England (PHE), “Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom 2013”. In total, 13,750 hepatitis C infections were diagnosed in 2013 in the UK, w By Besi • 2 min read
Community News MindOut need you! MindOut, the Brighton and Hove based LGBT mental health project are looking for people to run the half marathon in Brighton on Sunday, February 22 to raise funds for the project. MindOut is an award winning, project providing mental health services in East Sussex and a national online peer support s By Besi • 1 min read
Cllr Warren Morgan Health Kemptown MP urges local Councils to support motion on HIV testing Simon Kirby, the MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has written to the leaders of the main political groups on both Brighton and Hove City and East Sussex County Councils to urge them to support a Council Motion on HIV Testing. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Brighton Tinnitus Support Group meeting After two very successful meetings, the newly formed Tinnitus Support Group in Brighton will be holding its next meeting on Wednesday, November 12 at the Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton from 6-7.30pm. Tinnitus is defined as the experience of sounds with no external source, most commonly By Besi • 2 min read
Health Improving end of life care for LGBT people New study aims to improve awareness of the care and support that is available to LGBT people. Thinking about the end of our lives is difficult for most of us. For many, the ideal is to be comfortable, supported and surrounded by loved ones, but this ideal may be harder to achieve for members of the By Besi • 2 min read
Health New report identifies lack of commissioning coordination in children’s mental health services The Parliamentary Health Select Committee has launched a report following its inquiry into children’s & adolescents’ mental health and CAMHS. By Besi • 2 min read
