Tag: saving lives uk
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Saturday 17th November sees the start of National HIV Testing Week 2018 and Saving Lives is encouraging everyone to get tested, know their HIV status and educate themselves on U = U. Over thirty years has passed since the first HIV diagnosis in the UK, and in that thirty years we’ve made some incredible progress…
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Yesterday, May 9th 2018, the Government accepted the principle of an amendment to the Data Protection Bill tabled by Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee. The amendment restricts NHS Digital to being able to share data relating to criminal investigations only for ‘serious offences’ – this does not include…
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Liver Health has published its ‘Eliminating Hepatitis C in England’ report, following a launch event in Parliament with speakers including Norman Lamb MP, Sir David Amess MP, Virendra Sharma MP, Baroness Randerson, Baroness Masham and Lord Mancroft advocating for the report’s recommendations. The report outlines the findings of an inquiry conducted by the…
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Saving Lives has produced a range of resources for organisations and individuals to use for free to help mark World AIDS Day 2017. At home in the UK there are approximately 100,000 people living with HIV today – but more than 10,000 of these don’t know that they have the virus. The need for continued…
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In the week when the nation was shook by MarmiteGate, a gorilla escaped at London Zoo and Samsung killed it’s flammable phone… Hospitals and GPs failing to test for HIV Experts suggest patients in areas with high rates of HIV ought to be offered a test when they register with a GP or are admitted…
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In a week when we finally got to see the Chilcot Report, the Conservative leadership contest continues to rumble on, and the NASA probe Juno enters orbit around Jupiter after a 540 million mile journey… Researchers aim to create HIV ‘vaccine’ with a ‘therapeutic virus’ (Engadget) Scientists at the University of Texas think that they may…