All patients who attend A&E at Royal Sussex County Hospital will now be screened for HIV when having routine blood tests, unless they choose to opt out
All patients who attend A&E at Royal Sussex County Hospital will now be screened for HIV when having routine blood tests, unless they choose to opt out
Five weeks of lockdown has presented a “historic opportunity” to beat HIV, according to chemsex campaigner David Stuart.
A new study published in the Lancet today shows that HIV testing on registration with GPs in areas with a high prevalence of HIV is cost-effective, and even cost saving.
It is important in the fight to achieve ZERO HIV in Brighton & Hove by 2030 that people take a regular HIV test. The Martin Fisher Foundation’s vision is to accelerate TOWARDS ZERO HIV stigma, ZERO new HIV infections and ZERO deaths from HIV in Brighton & Hove, and the Foundation are currently working with stakeholders to develop a Towards Zero HIV strategy and implementation plan that will set out ways in which everyone can contribute to this important aspirational goal. Central to their plans is that people take a regular HIV test.
