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“We can and must go further when it comes to PrEP”: Terrence Higgins Trust reacts to publication of UK government’s ‘PrEP Roadmap’

Graham Robson February 15, 2024

Terrence Higgins Trust has reacted to the publication of the UK government’s first PrEP roadmap for meeting the need ‘of those at significant risk of HIV’., saying “we can and must go further when it comes to PrEP”.

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“You get what you pay for”. Terrence Higgins Trust responds to data showing sexual health services at ‘breaking point’

Graham Robson January 29, 2024

New data from the Local Government Association has shown that almost every council in England and Wales has seen a rise in gonorrhoea since 2017 while sexual health services face ‘unprecedented increases in demand’. With nearly three quarters (71%) of councils also seening increases in syphilis diagnoses over the same period, sexual health charity Terrence […]

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Health

New polling data show almost nine out of ten Tory voters want to see compensation paid in Infected Blood scandal

Graham Robson December 4, 2023

New polling, commissioned by leading HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust, shows that 87% of the British electorate believe that people infected and affected by the contaminated blood scandal should be entitled to compensation. In advance of a key vote in the House of Commons which would establish a new arms-length body to pay out compensation, […]

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UK’s AIDS Memorial Quilt digitised by Google Arts & Culture to mark World AIDS Day and ensure those lost to the AIDS epidemic are never forgotten

Graham Robson December 1, 2023

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt celebrates the lives of those tragically lost to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s. To mark World AIDS Day (1 December), the quilt is available online for the very first time as it launches on Google Arts & Culture to ensure those who died are never forgotten. The […]

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HIV

Terrence Higgins Trust “disappointed” that Iceland Chairman has yet to apologise for his company “weaponising HIV”

Graham Robson September 22, 2023

Iceland’s Executive Chairman, Richard Walker OBE, recently wrote a comment piece for Mail Online about the dangers currently faced by supermarket workers in which he falsely claimed three Iceland shop workers contracted HIV as a result of needlestick attacks while at work.

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Memorial quilt for Terry Higgins – the UK’s first named person to die from AIDS-related illnesses – unveiled at The Festival of Quilts

Graham Robson August 3, 2023

A new memorial quilt paying tribute to Terrence (Terry) Higgins – the UK’s first named person to die of AIDS-related illnesses – is to be revealed today (Thursday, August 3) for the very first time at The Festival of Quilts in Birmingham’s NEC – four decades on from his death.

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Health

New ‘mystery shopper research’ reveals half denied a sexual health appointment and long wait times for those who get through

Graham Robson July 20, 2023

Providing clear recommendations for urgent improvement, the report – Over-Stretched and Under Strain: A Mystery Shopper Approach to Access to Sexual Health Services in England, Scotland, and Wales – is published on Thursday, July 20 to shine a light on the barriers which exist when trying to take charge of your sexual health. 

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