Features & Longread How does PrEP affect our sex lives? Eric Page looks at how PrEP can reduce the chance of infection of HIV, the stigma around using it and finds out from four men how it has affected their lives and the sex they have. PrEP, short for pre-exposure prophylaxis, is two different medications that can substantially reduce the chance of infe By Besi • 9 min read
Health New study indicates national PrEP programme would be cost effective The Lancet Infectious Diseases publish scholarly study into the HIV prevention treatment, PrEP titled, Cost-effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men in the UK: a modelling study and health economic evaluation. By Besi • 3 min read
Health HIV prevention drug PrEP available on the NHS from September Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will be available through the NHS from September, as part of a three-year trial. The announcement comes a year and a day after an historic win for NAT (National AIDS Trust) at the High Court that confirmed the NHS’s legal ability to fund the drug, which stops people f By Besi • 4 min read
Health New infections of HIV in gay men locally falls New data published by Public Health England reports a 50% fall in the rate of new HIV infections among gay men in Brighton & Hove. At the end of 2016, five HIV clinics in London reported they had seen a significant reduction (by 40% or more) in new diagnoses of HIV in the previous year (2015). Clini By Besi • 2 min read
Community News NHS Scotland makes history and approves anti-HIV drug on prescription for people at risk of catching HIV in Scotland Following a rigorous process, the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) announce that PrEP, the HIV prevention drug, has been deemed a cost-effective treatment to prevent the transmission of HIV in Scotland. By Besi • 4 min read
Health New PrEP trial will benefit 10,000 people News that NHS England is to fund a PrEP clinical trial for 10,000 people over next 3 years costing £10million receives cautious welcome. NHS England agrees to extend national HIV prevention programme with Public Health England. By Besi • 8 min read
Health City to join initiative to hasten the elimination of HIV/AIDS in Brighton & Hove by 2030 Brighton is set to become the first UK city to sign up to “Fast Track City” status. Status is approved by the international committee International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat By Besi • 3 min read
Ivor Caplin Health Former Hove MP tells NHS to stop delay and save lives Ivor Caplin, calls for NHS to immediately prescribe PrEP to those at risk of catching HIV. The former Government Minister and MP for Hove was speaking at the ‘Perspectives and Perceptions of PrEP’ – an OUT @ University College London, World AIDS Day event tonight, November 28. By Besi • 1 min read
Health Norway provides free PrEP for those at risk of HIV While UK authorities drag their heels on a decision to make Prep available to people most at risk of acquiring HIV, Norway provides a stark contrast and agrees to fund the drug. By Besi • 2 min read
Peter Kyle MP for Hove & Portslade Health Court of Appeal rules in favour of NAT, PrEP Appeal The Court of Appeal rules in favour of the NAT (National AIDS Trust) in a judgment that confirms an earlier high court judgment that NHS England can legally fund the HIV prevention drug PrEP. By Besi • 3 min read
Norman Lamb MP Health Lib Dems say Government must fund PreP At their annual conference in Brighton yesterday, Liberal Democrats call on Government to fast-track availability of PrEP on the NHS for those most at risk of HIV. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Have your say on PrEP! Londoners are being urged to have their say on HIV prevention drugs, known as PrEP, which can be prescribed to people at greatest risk of contracting HIV. By Besi • 2 min read
