Health: HIV

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Excerpts
Monday 4th July 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Prior of Brampton Portrait Lord Prior of Brampton
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The critical issue is: to whom do we provide it? The whole purpose of the trials that NHS England is now funding is to ensure that when we provide PrEP, we do so for those who can most benefit from it.

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB)
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Do the Government recognise that the number of new cases in London is not falling, despite all the public health measures, and that there is therefore an urgent need to address the continuing at-risk behaviours? Will the Government also consider a trial of PrEP in the prostitute population, in which heterosexual transmission can occur and who are often not spoken about in relation to HIV, partly because all their activities are underground?