HIV tests should be administered during medical admissions ranging from routine to emergency visits to reduce stigma, a government body has said. The new draft guidelines, issued today by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), are also designed to decrease the number of people with the disease. NICE has predicted that compliance with these new standards … [Read more...]
Every missed HIV diagnosis is a failure of care
Letter from Professor Chloe Orkin, chair of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Every HIV diagnosis that is overlooked or missed by any doctor is a failure of clinical care. People whose HIV is diagnosed late have frequently been seen by a doctor prior to their diagnosis without an HIV test being offered. Nobody dies from being offended Nobody dies from being offended, but … [Read more...]
Millions should be offered routine HIV testing, NICE and Public Health England say on World Aids Day
HIV testing should be offered in A&Es and GP practices depending on local HIV prevalence, says NICE and PHE in new guidance NICE and Public Health England recommend HIV testing is offered to millions of people living in areas with a high prevalence of HIV. Up to 3.7m people attending routine appointments could be offered a test for HIV by their GP, under new guidance, … [Read more...]
Hospitals and GP practices fail to check for HIV
Some hospitals and GP practices in England and Scotland are failing to carry out recommended HIV checks, a BBC investigation has found. 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 to hospital. But research carried out for BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme suggests many NHS providers are … [Read more...]
Gonorrhea antibiotics rendered ineffective by STI’s ‘high levels of resistance’, WHO warns
1 September 2016 Ian Johnston Article Link The sexually transmitted disease could become untreatable with 'serious sexual and reproductive health consequences', World Health Organisation says An entire class of antibiotics should not be used to treat one of the main sexually transmitted diseases, gonorrhoea, because it has developed “widespread, high levels of … [Read more...]