HIV Kevin McKenna, Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP, becomes the third MP to share HIV status Kevin McKenna, Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP, has become the third MP to share his HIV status following Lord Chris Smith in 2005 and former Brighton Kemptown MP Lloyd Russell Moyle in 2018. Kevin, who was speaking in a debate in Westminster Hall on Thursday, February 13, said visiting friends with HI By Graham Robson • 2 min read
HIV To mark National HIV Testing Week, Andrea Leadsom and Angela Rayner join 40 MPs testing for HIV Health Minister Andrea Leadsom MP, Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner MP and 40 other MPs have tested for HIV to show how quick and easy it is and encourage others to do the same during National HIV Testing Week (until 11 February). A host of cross-party MPs got tested including Health Minister Andr By Graham Robson • 3 min read
HIV Equalities Minister, Stuart Andrew MP, visits Brighton for National HIV Testing Week to show how quick and easy it is to get tested Lead pic: Minister for Equalities, Stuart Andrew MP, visits Jubilee Library’s HIV and STI test vending machines Today (Tuesday, February 6), Minister for Equalities, Stuart Andrew MP, visited Terrence Higgins Trust in Brighton to show how easy it is to test for HIV and see the city’s world-leading H By Graham Robson • 4 min read
HIV Terrence Higgins Trust: Thousands of free at-home HIV kits available, as National HIV Testing Week starts in England National HIV Testing Week starts today (February 5) in England, at a time when testing levels are at a record high among gay and bisexual men. By Contributor • 2 min read
HIV Heterosexual HIV testing still behind pre-Covid levels, as National HIV Testing Week starts in England HIV testing rates among heterosexual men and women are down by a quarter compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). This comes as National HIV Testing Week starts today (February 5) with free at-home test kits available to anyon By Graham Robson • 6 min read
HIV National HIV Testing Week returns from Monday, February 5 National HIV Testing Week returns from Monday, February 5 and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is calling on people across the country to test for HIV – and this year’s a special one as it marks a decade since it started. Testing, which is free and confidential, is the only way to By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton & Hove STI Testing Week launches today to encourage people in the city to get tested Brighton & Hove STI Testing Week starts today (October 11) to encourage residents to get tested for sexually transmitted infections quickly and easily – whether at home, a clinic or at a local venue. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community City bids to end new cases of HIV within the decade An open letter from political leaders across the city to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock MP, has said Brighton & Hove can be a leading example to the rest of England in action to normalise HIV testing and meet the national target of ending new cases of HIV by 2030 By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Health Hove MP tests for HIV ahead of National HIV Testing Week Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove & Portslade, takes public HIV test to encourage more local people to test for the virus as National HIV Testing Week approaches. By Besi • 3 min read
Politics Kemptown MP takes HIV test at Westminster event Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven was one of 17 legislators who took an HIV test today at a World AIDS Day event hosted by the Halve It campaign and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV & AIDS. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
