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A symposium on opt-out testing was hosted with Andy Street in central Birmingham last week, with figures from government, the NHS and charities uniting to emphasise the importance of default testing for HIV among patients admitted to Accident & Emergency. Turnout alone was suggestive of how important the West Midlands HIV community believe opt-out testing…
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Saving Lives is very proud to say we continue to work with the UK Health Security Agency and the Royal College of General Practitioners on their UK-wide respiratory surveillance programme. We have provided use of our self-sampling system for this purpose since the height of the pandemic, when as part of our contribution to the…
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This is hopeful news from the UK Government: New HIV transmissions in England have fallen by almost a third since 2019, while fewer people remain unaware of their HIV status as a result of increased testing across the country, according to an update on the HIV Action Plan for England published today. As part of the HIV Action Plan, NHS England is investing £20 million…
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Wonderful to see such fantastic coverage of Birmingham Pride on the BBC – Saving Lives attended, providing testing information support, and most importantly the brand new Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial was front and centre!
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This month, our Arts Council England-funded Cover Up project has been exhibiting the quilts produced by its participants in both Birmingham’s Hippodrome and Jubilee Centre. What has been most rewarding about these public exhibitions are the conversations that the quilts have generated. From very young children to great-grandparents, the quilts spark questions about the history…
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As part of the Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial project, Saving Lives has been supported local artists, schools and craft groups to produce a range of quilts that chart the history of HIV in Birmingham and more widely. This Arts Council England-funded project has created a beautiful document of how HIV has been understood in…
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Saving Lives has been very happy to supply the testing services to this year’s National HIV Testing Week activity in Birmingham. Flying under the collective banned of Fast Track Cities Birmingham, a range of NHS and charitable organisations have joined forces this last week to undertake testing outreach across the city. A mobile testing van…
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Saving Lives is extremely proud that its home city of Birmingham signed up as part of the Fast Track Cities initiative last year. This UNAIDS project enables cities to declare their intention to meet a range of goals around HIV and BBVs – most especially the elimination of HIV by 2030. Each Fast Track City…
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World AIDS Day was extra-special in Birmingham yesterday, as hundreds of people arrived in front of the city’s iconic Hippodrome Theatre to witness the unveiling of the UK’s largest memorial to those lost to HIV – and also its brightest beacon for those living with the virus today, and all we can achieve together in…
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The West Midlands Mayor calls for funding and action from the new Health Secretary This World AIDS Day the West Midlands get a remarkable new addition. Outside the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre, the city will unveil a memorial like no other. Two intertwined heart-shaped red ribbons – one rusted, one gloss – represent those lost to…