Author: Dan Hartland Saving Lives


  • This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post. In a front-page headline of this week, the national newspaper The Sun peddled HIV stigma which is out of date in 2015. In a garish splash designed to attract attention, the paper trumpeted an ‘exclusive’ story about what it called an ‘HIV Hollywood Panic’. According to the…

  • HIV Testing Saves Lives. Bad Journalism Kills.

    In a front-page headline of this week, the national newspaper The Sun peddled HIV stigma which is out of date in 2015. In a garish splash designed to attract attention, the paper trumpeted an ‘exclusive’ story about what it called an ‘HIV Hollywood Panic’. According to the front-page details, an ‘A-list star’ has been diagnosed…

  • National HIV Testing Week 2015: Join Us!

    HIV Testing saves lives. That means HIV awareness saves lives – so how do we raise awareness? This National HIV Testing Week, it’s easy: take and tweet a selfie with a message. Help us Save Lives by taking a “Selfie” and posting it on Twitter or Facebook. It’s easy! This year, Saving Lives is making postal…

  • Saving Lives Trustee Honoured by Queen

    The investiture of Professor Clive Loveday as an ‘Officer to the Order of St John of Jerusalem’ for services to International Charities and HIV/AIDS takes place in the City of London on 20th October 2015 at The St Johns Church. Professor Loveday worked as a volunteer, in a team, for St Johns Ambulance developing the…

  • The Great Saving Lives Bake-Off

    The Great Saving Lives Bake-Off is simple: find a group of bakers, make some amazingly sweet things … and raise some money for Saving Lives. We like to think of it as having your cake and eating it! Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service’s Hawthorn House has already joined in, baking some brilliant looking cakes and raising money for…

  • HIVTestUK on TV

    HIVTestUK on TV

    Our collaboration with the Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Pathology Laboratories launched yesterday, and has already received coverage in the media, on BBC Midlands Today and on ITV Central News. You can read the ITV piece about our online postal HIV testing portal here, and watch the BBC video below.…

  • We are excited to launch our new website, specifically re-designed to provide better access to information and resources for people and families living with HIV, HCV and other sexual health. The new website will act as a central information hub for people and physicians looking for advice, information and support on HIV and HCV, including:…

  • Women’s World Cup: Bring It On, England!

    It’s great to see England doing so well at the Women’s World Cup – especially when so many of our Saving Lives ambassadors and supporters are part of the squad! The team secured its place in the final 16 on Wednesday night, so it’s now through to the knock-out stages and further glory for them –…

  • Good News from Darren Bent

    Congratulations to Darren Bent, one of our longest standing Saving lives Ambassadors, on his permanent move to Derby County FC: Darren Bent says he ‘couldn’t see himself playing anywhere else’ once the possibility of joining Derby County permanently arose. The 31-year-old striker today signed a two-year contract, with the option of a further year, following…

  • Saving Lives Ambassadors in Queen’s Birthday Honours

    Saving Lives Patron, Professor Jane Anders0n, and Saving Lives Ambassador, Carl Froch, have both been featured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Jane, a former Chair of the British HIV Association, was awarded a CBE “for services to HIV Medicine and Sexual Health Research.” Meanwhile, Carl, the current WBC world super middleweight champion, was made…