Category: NHS
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Keep your eyes peeled for Monday’s copy of the Guardian: two of our Positive Ambassadors will be featured in a G2 article about the recent news regarding the lifting of the band on HIV-positive healthcare workers. They will be joined by our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, and each will be interviewed about their experiences,…
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Dr Steve Taylor, the Medical Director of Saving Lives and Lead HIV Consultant at Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital, appeared on the regions BBC local radio station during the drive time show this evening. Discussing the day’s news regarding restrictions on those living with HIV working in healthcare settings being lifted, he discussed stigma, home HIV testing,…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, and one of our Positive Ambassadors, Tom, appeared this morning on the Victoria Derbyshire show with the Terrence Higgins Trust chief executive, Nick Partridge. There was a wide-ranging discussion about HIV, stigma and the clinical community, in the light of the lifting of a ban on people living with…
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This piece originally appeared at the Huffington Post … Apologies if this post turns into something of a rant – but I think you’ll soon understand, and hopefully share, my frustration. A week or so ago, I attended a meeting of an ethics committee to discuss an opt-out testing strategy for HIV, Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C…
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This week saw clinicians and scientists at the International AIDS Society Conference in Malaysia listen to presentations about two HIV positive patients from Boston treated for cancer who have ceased to take their HIV drugs – and yet in whose blood doctors can no longer detect any virus (a third patient involved in the study…
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The British Medical Football Team have been playing excellently at the World Medical Football Championship, beating two of the teams in their group – Belorussia and Hungary by five goals to nil, and drawing with the big beast, Spain. They advance to a quarter against Ukraine, which they won today by four goals to one.…
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Originally published at Huffington Post, on thwe topic of Cricket Saving Lives, Jamaica, India and new Ambasador Paul Nixon: Those cricket fans who watched the England versus India Champions Trophy final on sunday may have noticed small slips of red material attached to the players’ arms, or to the sides of their caps. For those in…
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Originally published at Huffington Post: What a week it has been. We’ve been involved in promoting HIV, Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C testing program at Birmingham Pride. We’ve launched a GP testing campaign in Nottingham. And, of course, I’ve been treating patients in the clinic. We had mixed emotions at Pride. From the enthusiasm and dedication of the…
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Dr Sophie Flavell, the sexual health doctor spearheading today’s Saving Lives-supported effort to bring dry spot blood testing to Birmingham Pride, was interviewed this morning on BBC Radio WM’s Mollie Green programme. You can hear the interview – and learn more about blood-born viruses, spot testing, and how to access testing today or any time…
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Sexual health experts from the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust will be doing their rounds at this year’s Birmingham Pride at the weekend, to offer free and confidential finger-prick tests for hepatitis-B, hepatitis-C and HIV. Staff fromBirminghamHeartlandsHospitalwill be working alongside the city-wide community sexual health service, Healthy Gay Life, to deliver HIV, hepatitis-B and…