UK community campaign calls for NHS England to be accountable for PrEP timeline
22 March 2016. Related: HIV prevention and transmission.
Simon Collins, HIV i-Base
The increasing frustration over lack of NHS access to PrEP, has lead to a communty campaign calling for the NHS to stick to it’s already delayed timeline for access. [1]
These concerns are especially important given that the UK PROUD study reported such dramtically protective results almost 18 months ago in October 2014. [2]
The campaign calls for NHS England to open an immedaite public consultation, in order for the decision over PrEP to be taken at a meeting in June 2016. There is urgent concern about how further delays might impact on whether PrEP is made available in England.
The campaign is calling for people to email a letter via the campaign website to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England to ask him to make the consultation available immediately.
References:
- NAT Campaign. Write to the CEO of NHS England about PrEP.
http://act.lifewithhiv.org.uk/lobby/whereisprep - UK PROUD study to provide PrEP to all participants earlier than expected: planned follow-up to continue to two years. (14 October 2014). HTB December 2014.
https://i-base.info/htb/27593