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Mental and emotional health
‘Gay cure’ therapist loses appeal against the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Lesley Pilkington, a psychotherapist who was found guilty of ‘professional malpractice’ for using the techniques of ‘conversion therapy’ (a bogus form of treatment which is supposed to make gay people become straight) has lost her appeal against the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Mrs Pilkington was found guilty of malpractice last year after trying to convert a gay client to heterosexuality, with the BACP describing her practice as ‘negligent’, ‘dogmatic’ and ‘unprofessional’.

Published
24 May 2012
From
British Humanist Association
Palliative care
NICE releases new pain relief guidelines

Many patients with advanced cancer and other debilitating conditions are being "under-treated" for their pain, new guidance from the health watchdog says.

Published
23 May 2012
From
BBC
Tuberculosis and HIV
UK: New pre-entry TB screening for visa applicants

Those travelling to the UK could be screened for tuberculosis before being granted a visa, the Home Office says.

Published
23 May 2012
From
BBC News
Conception
NICE says sperm washing is no safer than effective treatment and timed intercourse

Draft UK guidance on fertility treatment says that sperm washing may no longer be necessary for couples where the man has HIV and the woman does not.

Published
22 May 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Global health initiatives
MPs call on UK to set example by increasing Global Fund contribution

International development committee concerned by delay in delivering funds to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria

Published
22 May 2012
From
The Guardian
Injecting drug users
Use 'overdose cure' naloxone more widely, drugs advisory council urges

An antidote to heroin overdoses should be made widely available without prescription, according to controversial advice from the government's drugs advisory body.

Published
21 May 2012
From
The Guardian
Employment
Discrimination against doctors with HIV must end

The UK has one of the strictest regulations governing HIV infected healthcare workers in the world; only Australia, Ireland, Italy, and Malta take a similar stance.

Published
18 May 2012
From
BMJ
HIV testing
HIV infections are being missed in UK patients with suspected glandular fever

HIV infections in patients with suspected glandular fever are often missed, investigators from south London report in HIV Medicine. Retrospective testing showed that 1.3% of patients were

Published
18 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Discrimination and the law
Equality and Human Rights Commission has workforce halved

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been stripped of its duty to promote a society with equal opportunity for all and had its budget and workforce halved, the government has announced.

Published
17 May 2012
From
The Guardian
Money, benefits and housing
‘Life cover is available for HIV positive clients’

The majority of HIV positive people are still unaware they can buy life assurance, research by an advisory firm has found.

Published
17 May 2012
From
FT Adviser
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