Tag: August

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

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    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

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    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…

  • News Roundup 19-Aug-2016

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    In a week where Team GB is smashing it at the Olympics and bringing back the gold medals, a naked statue of Donald Trump appeared in San Francisco and Lady Gaga announced her comeback… A Scottish comedian reveals he’s HIV positive Scott Agnew, a gay comedian from Scotland revealed this week that he was living…

  • News Roundup 12-Aug-2016

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    On the week when Team GB were completely smashing it and bringing back the Gold at Rio 2016, a 400 year old shark was found in Greenland and Donald Trump was still saying crazy things…   NHS England launches Public Consultation on PrEP In the past couple of weeks we’ve seen NHS England lose a…