HIV Transmission

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Excerpts

Wednesday 15th March 2023 Lords Chamber

[Lord Evans of Rainow (Con)]

I am grateful to my noble friend for that question. If he knows of any specific cases, I shall certainly look into that.

[Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB)]

My Lords, the National AIDS Trust found that nearly 100,000 people in the UK received HIV care in 2019. The late Baroness Masham rightly highlighted the problem of stigma. Mental health services are disproportionately greatly required for patients with HIV, and those with advanced HIV need expert palliative care. What are the Government doing to ensure that that population get the palliative care and mental health services they need? Not everybody is living easily and well, despite the treatment regimes we have.

[Lord Evans of Rainow (Con)]

I thank the noble Baroness —and the noble Lord, Lord Fowler—for making the point about stigma. We all recall what the stigma was like in the 1980s and 1990s; hopefully, the situation is much better. I hope and believe that that group receives the palliative care it rightly should. If the noble Baroness knows of any individual cases, she should get back to me.