More information and advice if you've just found out you're HIV-positive

The HIV charity NAM produces this website and also publishes information in various other forms, including a leaflet called 10 things it's good to know about HIV treatment, and a factsheet called Information for people recently diagnosed with HIV.  You can find all of the NAM factsheets here.

NAM also produces patient information booklets on a series of topics, which are available online, or can be sent to you if you contact NAM directly on 020 3242 0820 or email info@nam.org.uk.   

HIV treatment update is NAM's quarterly newsletter, which is available free of charge to anyone in the UK who is personally affected by HIV, either as a paper copy or by email.  NAM also sends a weekly email bulletin called HIV weekly, which you can sign up to free of charge here.   

The Terrence Higgins Trust, another UK HIV charity, produces a booklet called Your next steps, for anyone who has just found out they are HIV-positive.  It is available on their website here or you can receive a free copy by calling their helpline, THT Direct on 0845 12 21 200. 

THT Direct may also be a useful source of support, information and advice to you.  It is open Monday to Friday, from 10am until 10pm, as well as weekends from noon until 6pm. Calls are confidential and you can talk to advisers about the situation you are in, how you are feeling and any questions you may have.  They can also advise you on what support services may be available to you near where you live.

The Terrence Higgins Trust also produces a website aimed at gay men who have recently found out they are HIV-positive, called What next? which you will find here and a DVD called Positive Living which is also available from THT Direct.

HIV Health Support

If you live in London, you can also access a new service for people living with HIV.

Sometimes making decisions about your health and life with HIV can be confusing, and it can be difficult to know where to begin. THT’s HIV Health Support is a new service which can help you to make sense of the bigger picture, and make changes to help you lead a healthier life.

You can ask the HHSS anything about living with HIV – from questions about the immune system, what your test results mean and starting treatment, to safer sex and telling other people about your status. One of THT’s Health Trainers will pick up your question and reply to you within two working days. If you'd like them to call you, please just let them know, and they will.

Just click the Ask the Trainer button below!