HIV Infection: Health Services
(asked on 19th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding for HIV support services.
This question was answered on 27th February 2018
Decisions on funding and access to social care support services for people with HIV are made by local authorities. The need for HIV social care support has changed since the early days of the epidemic when people were dying in large numbers. Data from Public Health England shows that someone diagnosed promptly and aged under 58 in 2016 has the same life expectancy as any other citizen. Therefore the need for social support has reduced.