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An excellent piece was broadcast on this morning’s edition of BBC Radio 4’s Today, in relation to the Keele University study of older people living with HIV. The piece doesn’t feature Saving Lives or any of our advocates, but it could have done: we campaign daily against stigma of this sort, and you should visit…
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This post was originally published at Huffington Post: I write a lot on this blog about attitudes to HIV. In many ways, changing the way in which people think about HIV is now one of the most challenging things we do. We know that our medicines work well, our patient pathways are excellent, and increasingly…
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Two of our Saving Lives Positive Ambassadors, Shamim and Eric, appear in a piece in today’s G2 supplement of the Guardian: It is estimated by Saving Lives, an HIV awareness charity, that 110 people are HIV-positive and working in the NHS. It can only be estimated of course, because some – we don’t know how many…
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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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Our Positive Ambassador, Tom, who blogs as ukpositivelad, has been taking to the airwaves today, discussing HIV, home testing and stigma. Here are his thoughts, taken from his latest post: I ended up being booked onto a train only a couple of hours later, a car met me at Euston and took me to my…
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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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We’re proud to announce that Saving Lives is an official charity partner of Global Gathering, the international electronic music festival. This weekend, GG arrives at Long Marsten Airfield in Warwickshire – and we’re there! Our volunteers will be right in the thick of it with the crowds, providing education and awareness … as well as…
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Producer, DJ and label bozz at Urban Dubz, Jeremy Sylvester has just signed with Music Saving Lives as an ambassador. Jeremy has huge experience under a variety of different aliases and recording names, and we’re excited to have him onboard. You can read his bio here – and all the latest news from Urban Dubz…
