Guest blog

Ministerial keynote at HIV Prevention England Conference by Dr Caroline Johnson MP

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Dr Caroline Johnson MP HPE conference speechThe new Minister for Public Health and Mental Health has made their first speech since being appointed earlier this month. This is the text of her speech, given at the at the HIV Prevention England Conference 2022.

Good morning everyone. It’s an honour to join you for my first speech as a Government minister. And what an incredible place to do it.

I’m so grateful to Terrence Higgins Trust for bringing us all together, and of course, to the formidable Ian Green in what is his last conference as Chief Executive. Ian has been an incredible force for good, not just these past seven years at Terrence Higgins Trust, but as an inspiration to everyone living with HIV over three decades.

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PHE national community HIV testing survey

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Public Health England (PHE) is carrying out the fifth national survey of HIV testing in community settings. They are asking all providers of HIV testing in community settings for information on the number of HIV tests that they carry out, which they will include in the national HIV 2021 report and which will be published towards the end of the year.

Please read the full cover letter and complete the spreadsheet survey attached by Wednesday 4 August 2021. If you have any questions or comments about the spreadsheet, email PHE via [email protected]

This is the fifth year this data will be officially collected and is vitally important to demonstrate the value community organisations bring to the HIV testing system, so please try to find a few minutes to provide this information.

Take part

To complete the survey please follow the instructions within the cover letter and survey template.

Update on the National HIV Prevention programme

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The contract for National HIV Prevention programme has been in place since 2016 and comes to its conclusion this year. Public Health England is currently progressing through the required approvals processes, with the intention of going out to procurement for the National HIV Prevention Programme shortly.

In the interim, we’re pleased to confirm that the HIV Prevention England contract has been extended until Saturday 31 July 2021, utilising the underspend from the current year to enable continuation of this important work.

For any queries please contact Katie Neate, Programme Manager for HIV Prevention at Public Health England, at [email protected].