Tag: positive peers

Opt-out testing for HIV and hepatitis begins in Birmingham emergency departments

2024-09-04

Birmingham, Headlines, Hepatitis, News, NHS

The roll-out of opt-out testing across forty-seven sites nationwide hits the West Midlands today. All patients aged 16 and over attending the emergency department at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital will now be routinely tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections if they are already having a blood test taken. This fantastic progress will…
Birmingham HIV peer support services joins Saving Lives family

2024-08-26

Birmingham, Headlines, News, Our Socials, Positive People, Resources

Birmingham Positive Peers, the only organisation in the West Midlands to offer peer support services to people living with HIV regardless of their gender, sexuality, ethnicity or background, is now part of the Saving Lives UK family. The group, which will be known as ‘Positive Peers’ going forward, has served patients in the UK’s second…