Plan to 'stop spread of HIV by 2030' as Newcastle scheme to tackle stigma gets national approval

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting leaves 10 Downing Street (Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty)

A Newcastle 'HIV confident' scheme has been backed as part of a new UK plan to stop new cases of the disease by 2030. The Government has launched a five-year action plan, and cited the work in Newcastle as "promising practice" that should be aped elsewhere.

This time last year, as reported by ChronicleLive, the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust became the only hospital trust outside of London to sign up to be, formally, a "HIV Confident" organisation. This scheme, set up by the National AIDS Trust, aidsmap and Positively UK organisations, aims to eradicate stigma around the condition and increase knowledge and awareness.

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