Category: NHS
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Originally published at Huffington Post: In the course of my medical life, I’ve overheard many people ask their friends the question, “Have you had an HIV test?” “No,” comes the common reply. “I know I should, but I don’t want it on my medical records. It affects your insurance premiums, doesn’t it? And you can only…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, has published again at the Huffington Post: I’ve been fortunate enough in my medical career to see real improvements in the treatment options we can offer our HIV positive patients. In the early 1980s we didn’t even have a name for HIV; now we have a wide range of…
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Originally published at Huffington Post: I’ve been fortunate enough in my medical career to see real improvements in the treatment options we can offer our HIV positive patients. In the early 1980s we didn’t even have a name for HIV; now we have a wide range of anti-retroviral drugs. We’ve made huge, rapid steps in our…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, has begun a regular blog at the Huffington Post’s UK edition with a piece on how stigma can still kill: One of my patients said to me recently: “When I was young I had unprotected sex a few times, so did my friends. Unfortunately it was me who became…
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Originally published at Huffington Post: One of my patients said to me recently: “When I was young I had unprotected sex a few times, so did my friends. Unfortunately it was me who became infected, and they didn’t. Why do I have to live with this shame, as if I did something terribly wrong? I had…
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Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, appeared on BBC News 24 on December 1st, World AIDS Day, discussing the current HIV situation both in the UK and worldwide. You can watch the report that preceded his interview as well as his remarks below: We also featured on both Radio 4 and Radio 5, recordings of…
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Saving Lives hit the airwaves today to help the BBC mark World AIDS Day 2012. Our Medical Director, Dr Steve Taylor, featured on both BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, and on BBC 5 Live Breakfast – where he was also joined by Saving Lives positive advocate, Katie. You can listen to both segments below. BBC…
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A national HIV awareness charity, Saving Lives, has signed up a series of international sporting stars to stress the importance of HIV testing as part of an innovative marketing campaign set to launch this month to coincide with the very first National HIV Testing Week (Nov 23rd – Dec 1st, World AIDS Day). Saving Lives…
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Curtis Davies, one of the Saving Lives Avengers, features in a new video for our new campaign: You can read more about the Saving Lives Avengers and their message here. The campaign will be launching in Birmingham during National HIV Testing Week at the end of November, and featuring on buses, billboards and at bus…
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The following article – by Dr Steve Taylor, Sexual Health and HIV Specialist at Heartlands Hospital, and Dan Hartland, Director of Operations of Saving Lives – appears today on the BBC Health website. — Many people may be unaware that one facet of the government’s health reforms allows private companies to tender to provide NHS…