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Hertfordshire: Council branded ‘rotten’ over HIV charity decision

Hertfordshire County Council has been placed in Private Eye’s “Rotten Boroughs” section of local authorities over its decision to withdraw funding to the Crescent, an HIV charity based in St Albans.

Published
24 September 2012
From
Pink News
HIV testing
Primary HIV infection frequently missed by GUM and HIV clinics

Primary HIV infection had been missed frequently in people newly diagnosed with HIV at a sample of UK sexual health clinics, investigators from the UK report

Published
21 September 2012
By
Michael Carter
UK health services
UK: Confusion and uncertainty in sexual health

With STIs on the rise and funding arrangements in flux, there is widespread anxiety about the forthcoming transfer of responsibility for commissioning sexual health services to local authorities.

Published
19 September 2012
From
BMA
Access to medicines and treatment
UK: Health service professionals gear up for public consultation on migrant charging regime

The Department of Health is expected to announce a consultation on NHS charging and ‘overseas visitors’ in the near future.

Published
14 September 2012
From
Migrants' Rights Network
UK health services
British HIV Association proposes new standards for care

BHIVA (The British HIV Association), the UK's leading association of HIV care professionals, is seeking views on new proposals for care for people with HIV in the UK. The proposals include twelve crucial areas for care, including offering people an HIV test, defining what HIV care should be available through clinical services, and the involvement of people living with HIV in the design and delivery of care and how information should be collected.

Published
13 September 2012
From
BHIVA press release
UK health services
Department of Health: separate sexual health services could make some HIV services unviable

The Department of Health has acknowledged that due to new commissioning and contractual arrangements in England, some NHS trusts “may no longer find it viable to continue

Published
11 September 2012
By
Roger Pebody
UK health services
NHS trusts 'competition warning'

Eight NHS trusts are warned about anti-competitive behaviour over the way they ran their private patient units.

Published
17 August 2012
From
BBC Health
UK health services
Public Health England structure published

The structure of Public Health England, which comes into being in April 2013, is published today. The factsheet sets out how the new organisation will be structured to achieve its ambitions of protecting and improving health and wellbeing, while reducing health inequalities.

Published
31 July 2012
From
Department of Health
HIV prevention policy
£8 million invested to tackle HIV and improve sexual health

Almost £8 million is being invested in driving down HIV infections and providing information to improve people’s sexual health, Public Health Minister Anne Milton announced today. The money will go to the Terrence Higgins Trust and FPA (Family Planning Association) over three years and builds on previous work funded by the Department.

Published
24 July 2012
From
Department of Health (UK)
UK health services
Switching drugs for cost reasons – the patient experience

In April 2011, the London Specialised Commissioning Group (LSCG), which funds HIV treatment in the capital, issued a new set of messages to clinics on HIV drug

Published
15 July 2012
From
HIV treatment update
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