{"id":37620,"date":"2020-04-17T07:48:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T07:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=37620"},"modified":"2023-04-16T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T14:30:22","slug":"prep-recommended-by-nhs-england-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/37620","title":{"rendered":"PrEP recommended by NHS England (at last)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On 15 March 2020, as the UK response to COVID-19 was becoming more critical, many health activists were surprised, in a good way, with a government announcement that PrEP would be available from NHS England. [1]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This included that local authorities will receive \u00a316 million in 2020 to 2021 to deliver PrEP. <\/span>The funding from the Department of Health and Social Care is to make sure that anyone who is at a high risk of contracting HIV has the option to receive PrEP from their local sexual health clinic.<\/p>\n

This will also cover people enrolled in the last few months of the PrEP IMPACT trial, which is due to close on October 2020.<\/p>\n

This access to PrEP was driven by health activists from all sectors: community, health workers, researchers and doctors. However, it still took more than five years after the UK PROUD study proved overwhelming PrEP efficacy in 2014. [2]<\/p>\n

It is also almost four years after NHS England lost the legal challenge brought by the National AIDS Trust. [3]<\/p>\n

Earlier access to PrEP could easily have prevented the many thousands of people who became HIV positive.<\/p>\n

comment<\/span><\/h3>\n

Although this was announced a few weeks ago, it is still important to include in this issue of HTB.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A coalition of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) organisations, while welcoming the availability of PrEP called for new initiatives to broaden access to PrEP. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The rate of late diagnosis amongst black African heterosexual men rose to 69% in 2017 from 59% in 2015, in contrast to the overall late diagnosis rate which has fallen.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

References<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. UK government. HIV drug PrEP to be available across England. (15 March 2020).
    \n<\/span>https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/hiv-drug-prep-to-be-available-across-england<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. UK PROUD study to provide PrEP to all participants earlier than expected: planned follow-up to continue to two years. HTB (1 December 2014).
    \n    https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/27593<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. NHS England had no legal basis to delay PrEP: Court of Appeal upholds judgement. HTB (26 November 2016).
    \n    https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/30911<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. PrEP in England – A statement on PrEP provision for Black and other minority ethnic and other non-MSM groups. (14 October 2020).
    \n    https:\/\/www.nat.org.uk\/press-release\/statement-we-want-access-all-who-need-prep-equitable-access-prep-now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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