Veronique Martin

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📅 November: interim 36-month public health evaluation of ED opt-out BBV treating programme published
📅 HIV Action Plan for England 2026 to 2030
📅 2026: HIV Action Plan monitoring and evaluation framework report - 2024 data

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📔 Based on feedback from a stakeholder consultation, we have also made adjustments to the language used in our outputs

👀 please see report appendix for details on key groups and language

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📔 For the first time, we focus 5 key adult populations for which inequalities in HIV have been observed:
1️⃣Ethnic minority gay and bisexual men
2️⃣White gay and bisexual men
3️⃣Black African heterosexual men
4️⃣Black African heterosexual women
5️⃣Other ethnic minority heterosexuals

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❗ Widening inequalities in HIV testing, PrEP and diagnoses between ethnicities and gender
❗ Need to improve PrEP access, HIV testing uptake and partner notification, particularly among ethnic minorities, young people and women

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💡 Decrease in deaths among people living with HIV in England of 14% from 751 to 643 between 2023 and 2024

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💡 England continues to meet the UNAIDS targets
🎗️ 95% of adults estimated to be diagnosed
🎗️ 99% of adults attending care on treatment
🎗️ 98% of people on treatment having undetectable levels of virus

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💡 Over half of people living with diagnosed HIV aged 50 and over in England, reflecting the success of HIV treatment in enabling people with HIV to live long and healthy lives

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💡 7.7% increase in people accessing HIV prevention medication (HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis also called PrEP) in England, with 111,123 people now receiving this in 2024
💡 inequalities in access to PrEP remain

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💡 3% increase in HIV testing in sexual health services in England between 2023 and 2024 in all groups but still below pre-COVID levels for heterosexuals

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💡 42% of all new cases in England were late diagnoses, with adults diagnosed late ten times more likely to die within a year compared to adults diagnosed promptly.
💡 Half of Black African heterosexuals were diagnosed late compared to under a third of gay and bisexual men

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💡 6% decrease in diagnoses among gay and bisexual men in England from 859 to 810, though ethnic minority men constituted 35% of all diagnoses in this group
💡 Geographic variations persist, with diagnoses decreasing in London but increasing outside London among heterosexual men

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💡 The number of new HIV diagnoses in England decreased by 4% between 2023 and 2023 from 3,169 to 3,043

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HIV: annual data HIV surveillance data in the UK by demographic characteristics and geographical region.

The latest HIV data for UK and England was released today.

Thank you to the HIV Section at #UKHSA for making this happen.

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#HIV

www.gov.uk/government/s...

Recommendations for Scotland Develop a new HIV Transmission Elimination Delivery Plan from 2026 Establish a baseline offer for peer support provision Establish a national framework for HIV retention and re-engagement Fund long-term campaigns to combat HIV stigma Ensure sustainable funding for VCSE HIV testing and prevention programmes Map of Scotland with a red ribbon. Working Together National aids trust logo. Securing rights. Stopping H.I.V. H.I.V. Outcomes logo. Beyond Viral Suppression The H.I.V. Outcomes U.K. programme is funded by Gilead Sciences and ViiV healthcare as co-sponsors.

A funding crisis is putting #Scotland's #HIV support services at risk, and threatens the goal to end new HIV cases by 2030.

A new briefing from HIV Outcomes UK, based on insights from charities and clients, outlines why these services must be safeguarded.

nat.org.uk/news/scot...

Policy and commissioning must recognise we cannot end HIV cases without the voluntary sector This week, the APPG on HIV & Sexual Health and the National AIDS Trust co-hosted a packed and powerful reception to mark the launch of HIV Outcomes...

Michael Payne MP reports on the importance of the voluntary sector in ending HIV transmission in the UK @politicshome.bsky.social
@appghiv.bsky.social @nat.org.uk @hivoutcomes.bsky.social

Michael Payne MP, Professor Steve Powis, Grat Sugden, Angelina Namiba, James Cole and Professor Caroline Sabin during the parliamentary event.

We were pleased to partner with @appghiv.bsky.social for the parliamentary launch of #HIVOutcomes report, "HIV Services at the Crossroads", highlighting the vital role of the support services and the urgent action needed to meet the needs of people living with and affected by #HIV.

Don’t miss the new episode of "The #Hiv Podcast", from TVPS, out today!

Hear NAT's James Cole discuss the new #HIVOutcomes report which highlights the voluntary sector funding crisis.

Find it wherever you get your podcasts:

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We evaluated how #EmergenceDepartment opt-out #HIV, #Hepatitis B + C testing is working to help improve future implementation. Take a look at Tom's blog + our report ⬇️

@bashhuk.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social @nat.org.uk aidstrust.bsky.social @tht.org.uk @appghiv.bsky.social #HIVSky #HepSky #BBV

Our new paper led by @temilolaadeniyi.bsky.social examines what helps & hinders #HIV testing among African & Caribbean heritage communities

Co-producing services with communities is key to tackling health inequities like @commonambitionbs.bsky.social

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#STISky #IDSky

⬇️Our new co-production toolkit offers practical guidance for anyone designing more equitable, person-centred services

Based on learning from @commonambitionbs.bsky.social co-producing #SexualHealth services with African & Caribbean hertiage communities

🛟 #CoProduction #STISky #HealthEquity

New publication alert 🎉
I’m really pleased to have led this paper with lots of important insights on barriers and facilitators to HIV testing. This was from our @commonambitionbs.bsky.social evaluation. Here is the link sti.bmj.com/cgi/content/.... Do read and share 🙏🏼

New research reveals shared genetic link between endometriosis and immune conditions Research published in the journal Human Reproduction reveals that women with endometriosis are at a significantly higher risk for developing a range of autoimmune, autoinflammatory, and mixed-pattern diseases.

NEWS: New research reveals shared genetic link between endometriosis and immune conditions

This research is important in understanding the shared biological mechanisms between endometriosis and immune-related diseases.

www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/...

Survey header with University of Bristol logo. Have your say to improve the care of people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK We are looking for research ideas to improve health and care for people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK. This is a survey for people with HIV aged over 50, their carers, and healthcare professionals involved in their care.

Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?

What are the important issues for you & your patients?

We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...

Areas of high deprivation tend to have higher levels of air pollution

People in the North West are 30% more likely to be hospitalised with infectious diseases than the average across England

Hospital admissions for infectious diseases in the poorest areas of England are nearly twice as high when compared to the richest areas

Health inequalities in infectious disease emergency hospital admissions cost the NHS between £970m and £1.5bn per year

🚨 We've just published new data showing the current state of health inequalities in England caused by infectious diseases & environmental health hazards.

Our blog post explores how factors like location, job or ethnicity can damage people's health ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/02/h...

Not Incentivized Yet Efficient: Working From Home in the Public Sector 51 Pages Posted: 21 Oct 2024 Last revised: 20 Feb 2025 Alessandra Fenizia The George Washington University Tom Kirchmaier London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance Date Written: January 14, 2025 Abstract This paper studies whether working from home (WFH) affects workers' performance in public sector jobs. Studying public sector initiatives allows us to establish baseline estimates on the impact of WFH net of incentives. Exploiting novel administrative data and plausibly exogenous variation in work location, we find that WFH increases productivity by 12%. These productivity gains are primarily driven by reduced distractions. They are not explained by differences in quality, shift length, or task allocation. The productivity gains more than double when tasks are assigned by the supervisor. Keywords: working from home, productivity, public sector

"This paper studies whether working from home (WFH) affects workers' performance in public sector jobs... we find that WFH increases productivity by 12%."
@afenizia.bsky.social

Evidence that administrations that reject WFH harm efficiency.
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Have your say to improve the care of people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK

I'm glad there's a lot of discussion around ageing and #HIV at #BHIVA25 conference.

What are your ideas for future research to benefit people living with HIV over 50 years in the UK and people who care for them?

Have your say in this survey!

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...

🍭 65% of Brits support banning junk food ads in public spaces.

The public wants action on health – and blames the food industry more than the NHS for rising illness. This isn’t ‘nanny state’. It’s common sense.

Read more here: www.ippr.org/articles/the...

An early start at #BHIVA25 @bhiva.bsky.social

But the vital importance of the voluntary sector for #HIV care.

@profygilleece.bsky.social

“Community and voluntary input is not a nice to have, it’s a fundamental part of HIV care”

Trans and gender diverse population living with #HIV has greater unmet needs Positive Voices survey shows.

And yet they suffer from lack of services and targeted support.

@bhiva.bsky.social @positivelyuk.bsky.social #BHIVA25

The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa The sudden cessation of PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of HIV deaths and new infections. These losses of life and health should compel the United States government to rapidly and f...

Projected deaths from cessation of USAID PEPFAR funding
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
a 90-day freeze is expected to result in ~60,000 excess deaths