Author: Dan Hartland Saving Lives
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Saving Lives warmly welcomes today’s HIV Action Plan, and sees it as an extremely positive signal of society’s shared commitment to ending new HIV transmissions by 2030. Unveiled by the government today, the HIV Action Plan prioritises tackling stigma, powering testing and ensuring those diagnosed access today’s life-saving treatments. £170m has been allocated to delivery.…
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) has in recent years become a well established option for people looking to avoid infection with HIV. As Niamh Fleming-Kelb recently wrote for us, however, fewer women than men are taking the opportunities PrEP offers: less than 4% of all PrEP prescriptions in the UK are for women. Currently, PrEP most commonly comes…
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The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has issued a joint statement with figures from across government, healthcare and the third sector redoubling a shared commitment to ending new cases of HIV in England by the start of the next decade. In the joint press release, Sir Keir says: With this government, you will not be…
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New data from the UK Health Security Agency was published last Friday which showed a marked increase in rates of syphilis in our home region of the West Midlands. According to the new figures, between 2021 and 2023, diagnoses of infectious syphilis in the region rose to 736 in 2023, a 32% increase from 557…
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New data from UKHSA that reveals a sharp rise in syphilis infections nationwide, and here in the West Midlands in particular, reminds us that syphilis has not gone away – and we must work harder to prevent it, diagnose it, and treat it. There are usually three stages of syphilis. The first, known as primary…
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This week is National HIV Testing Week. Using creativity for the good of the community, Saving Lives has been proud to support Garry Jones, designer of the Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial South and a local artists, to work with City College Birmingham’s Art & Design students. The goal? To create stunning art that encourages…
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‘Peter’ from Walsall feels let down by care he received as a person living with HIV. In this piece for ITV News, ‘Peter’ – from Walsall – speaks about his experience accessing surgery in the NHS as a person living with HIV: I was on the trolly outside the doors to the operating theatre at…
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It was great to have our work featured on BBC Midlands Today for World AIDS Day, and especially to have the opportunity to send the message that HIV testing really does save lives. With opt-out testing arriving in Birmingham in the new year, now really is the time to raise awareness about HIV today, and…
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Local government, the NHS and charities are joining forces in a trail-blazing collaboration to mark this year’s World AIDS Day Birmingham – and the teamwork could point towards achieving the elimination of HIV, say experts. Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham-based charities including Saving Lives, the team behind the Birmingham…
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10 Things leaflet 4pg DL (BAHM) (1)The ways in which HIV affects those who live with the virus have changed – and we all need to catch up. At Saving Lives, we’re committed to updating the UK’s software when it comes to understanding HIV. On this World AIDS Day, we’ll be all over Birmingham raising…