Sexual Health Services Debate
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Baroness Thornton
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(5 years, 12 months ago)
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Lord O’Shaughnessy
I shall certainly look into that issue. This is the largest trial of its kind in the use of PrEP, and we are determined to ensure that all 13,000 people are recruited to it, and that they are spread across the country. As I said, we have already reached nearly 10,000. I shall do a little more digging on that and write to the noble Lord.
Baroness Thornton (Lab)
My Lords, what actions are the Government taking to end HIV-related stigma and discrimination, which unfortunately still exists?
Lord O’Shaughnessy
First, we are giving it an extremely high profile. Indeed, Governments have given it a high profile since the noble Lord the Lord Speaker raised the issue in the 1980s. All Governments since have been committed to that and this Government continue to be so. We do that through a mixture of public health campaigns and working with schoolchildren to ensure that there is no stigmatisation or bullying of any groups of young people with HIV.