Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to the Fast Track Cities Initiative for HIV/AIDS.
Public Health England (PHE) is supporting cities in England that are working towards or have joined the HIV Fast Track Cities (FTCs) network and the International Association of providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC). Further information on the FTC programme is available at the following link:
http://www.fast-trackcities.org/cities
This support has included providing specialist public health advice to identify needs across the range of care. For example, improving access to HIV testing, tackling stigma and providing bespoke data analysis to better understand the local need.
PHE also works collaboratively with the initiative to provide methodologies and data to IAPAC, sharing learning and expertise with other FTCs and helping secure funding for work regionally.