‘A high court judge is to rule on whether a preventive treatment for HIV that charities say is a “game changer” should be funded by the NHS.’
The Guardian, 2nd August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘On World Blood Donor Day, the government says it’s going to review a law which means that gay men can’t donate for 12 months after having sex.’
BBC News, 14th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The NHS watchdog NICE has been asked by government to look at the cost of providing an HIV prevention treatment known as Prep.’
BBC News, 7th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Specialised Services Commissioning Committee of NHS England has accepted external legal advice and concluded that it does not have the legal power to commission the new HIV treatment, PrEP.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The NHS has been fined £180,000 after a sexual health centre leaked the details of almost 800 patients who had attended HIV clinics.’
BBC News, 9th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘NHS England is to review its plans to end its decision-making process over whether to make the HIV prevention drug PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) available.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st April 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Victims of the worst contaminated blood scandal in the NHS’s history say they have been betrayed by the Government after plans were revealed to reduce their annual payouts. About 5,000 people – many of them haemophiliacs – who were infected with HIV, hepatitis C or both after receiving infected blood in the 1970s and 1980s, have been sent letters from the Department of Health asking for their views on “reforms” that will leave them up to £7,000 a year worse off.’
The Independent, 21st March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Simba Kuuya’s victim only found out about his condition when one of his former partners contacted her on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man with HIV who infected two women with the virus has been jailed for five years at Bristol Crown Court.’
BBC News, 11th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government will conduct a review of the rules prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating blood, the public health minister Jane Ellison has announced.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The lawyer investigating claims on behalf of a number of patients whose identities were mistakenly revealed last week by an HIV clinic has said that it could face hundreds of legal claims.’
The Guardian, 5th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A group of students put at risk of contracting HIV when they were given blood tests with re-used syringe barrels have received payouts.’
BBC News, 30th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who infected two women with HIV after having unprotected sex with them despite knowing he was a carrier has been jailed for seven years.’
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The Independent, 13th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A specific criminal offence should be created to deal with cases of domestic violence, the Law Commission has suggested in a consultation launched on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Cumbrian man who is HIV positive has been jailed for knowingly infecting his former partner with the virus.’
BBC News, 1st September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Man in court for rare prosecution under The Cancer Act 1939 which prohibits advertisements offering to treat or to cure cancer.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two “predatory” paedophiles, one of whom is HIV positive, have been jailed for life.’
The Independent, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who sexually abused three boys when he knew he was HIV positive, has been jailed for 10 years at Caernarfon Crown Court.”
BBC News, 26th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home-testing kits that allow people to test themselves for HIV will be legal in the UK from next spring.”
The Independent, 14th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Surgeons, dentists, midwives and other healthcare workers who have HIV are to be allowed to perform all kinds of procedures on patients, following the lifting of an outdated ban that led in some cases to the loss of careers and livelihoods.”
The Guardian, 15th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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