BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:HIV & HepC Co-Infection | April 01 2009- May 01 2009 PRODID:-//strange bird labs//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T080807Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090404T164000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090404T164000Z UID:http://tcell.org.uk/page/independent-welfare-sites URL;VALUE=URI:http://tcell.org.uk/page/independent-welfare-sites SUMMARY:Independent Welfare Sites DESCRIPTION:

ThCell is not responsible for the content of external websites. Navigation and use of information on external websites is at the users own risk. ThCell is a wholly independent organisation. You should not consider any externally linked organisation or website as endorsed or recommended by ThCell. Links are provided\, in good faith\, to information you may find useful.

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The Citizen Advice Bureau at http\://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ offers advice on all benefit matters. You may need to make an appointment to attend your local office. Some Local Councils that provide HIV support Services. Also engage the CAB\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\"\\" to meet with their HIV clients once a week usually by appointment.  \;

Look to your local council website to see if they provide HIV services in your area.

Benefits &\; Work found at http\://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/ is a site maintained by someone who was a welfare rights worker. It is a good repository for all benefit advice.

Justice for All http\://www.justice-for-all.org.uk/Get-advice - Free legal advice\, because your rights matter.

www.turn2us.org.uk &ndash\; has been \;designed to help people find appropriate sources of financial support\, quickly and easily\, based on their particular needs and circumstances.

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See the forum I have started on Benefits &\; Work on this issue.

The Disability Alliance UK can be found at http\://www.disabilityalliance.org/. With an explanation of the "\;Special Rules"\; exercise found by clicking here.

For HIV specific welfare advice see the Support Agencies links page.

HIV/AIDS

AIDS helpline (Northern Ireland) Freephone
Tel\: 0800 137437
Monday - Friday 10am to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm
Saturday 2pm to 5pm

AVERT
www.avert.org
Produces a range of leaflets for young people and adults on HIV and AIDS.

Body and Soul
www.bodyandsoul.demon.co.uk
Body and Soul is a self help organisation supporting women\, heterosexual men\, children and their families living with or closely affected by HIV and AIDS. Ongoing services include a women only support evening\, a family support day\, a monthly support evening for women and heterosexual men and TEENSPIRIT\, the UK'\;s only support group for teenagers from the age of 13 years and upwards\, who know of their\, or their family '\;s HIV status.

Brook Belfast
www.brook.org.uk
Provides information\, advice and contraceptive supplies for young people up to the age of 19.
Tel\: 028 9032 8866

Crusaid
www.crusaid.org.uk
The leading fundraising charity for AIDS relief in Britain. Crusaid is dedicated to maintaining the dignity and improving the quality of life of people with HIV.

Dublin AIDS Alliance
www.dublinaidsalliance.com
This charity is responsible for organising Irish AIDS Day.

fpaNI
www.fpa.org.uk
Provides information and advice on contraception and general sexual health and details of local family planning clinics.
Tel\: 028 9032 5488 Belfast
Tel\: 028 7126 0016 Londonderry

Genito Urinary Medicine (GUM) Clinics in Northern Ireland
Click Here for contact details and opening times

Health Development Agency
www.hda.org.uk
The Health Development Agency'\;s role is to raise standards in public health. Its main functions are research and evidence\, standard setting and capacity development.

Health Education Board for Scotland
www.hebs.com
The Health Education Board for Scotland is Scotland'\;s national agency for health education\, health promotion\, health advice and health information.

Department of Health (England and Wales)
www.doh.gov.uk/sexualhealthandhiv

Health Promotion Division of the National Assembly for Wales
www.hpw.wales.gov.uk

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
www.iavi.org

Love Life (developed by the former Health Education Authority)
www.lovelife.uk.com

National AIDS Manual
www.aidsmap.com
Europe'\;s leading provider of information on HIV and AIDS. Publisher of the National AIDS Manual and AIDS Treatment Update (free to people affected by HIV). Information on local groups also available.

National AIDS Prevention Information Services (NHPIS)
www.hda-online.org.uk/html/nhpis/
Free\, specialist information service on HIV health promotion\, serving anyone with a professional interest in HIV prevention or education across England.

National AIDS Trust
www.nat.org.uk
For information on World AIDS Day press\, publicity and research.

NAT have a section for people living with HIV/AIDS and that can be found here http\://www.nat.org.uk/LivingWithHIV.aspx

Sexwise
Tel\: 0800 282930
A confidential and free helpline for young people provides information\, advice and guidance on all issues related to sex and relationships. Makes referrals to services where appropriate.

Terence Higgins Trust
www.tht.org.uk
Produces information and educational materials including leaflets\, posters and videos about HIV and AIDS. Runs training courses and provides speakers and the CHAPS Project.

UNAIDS
www.unaids.org
Provides international statistics\, information\, publications and UNAIDS Best Practice Collection Technical Update(s) 1-22.

World AIDS Day
www.worldaidsday.org/
Coordinated by the National AIDS Trust and funded by the Department of Health.

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 \;Here you will find links to external sources of medical information &\; \;news.



\\"www.i-base.info\\" \; \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;HIV treatment information for healthcare professionals and HIV positive people.



\\"www.nam.org.uk\\" \; \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; Aidsmap. Information on HIV &\; \;AIDS.



\\"www.hiv-druginteractions.org\\" \;University of Liverpool HIV \;pharmacology resource.

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So we had a budget yesterday\, higher taxes for the rich\, cuts in public services in the future not a happy picture.  \;Its great that government is giving more to disabled children and to pensions.

However with an increasing welfare bill moving forward and the changes in the pipeline (the move from Incapacity Benefit to Employment &\; \;Support Allowance) we need to be vigilant and ensure that fairness for HIV+ people who are so disadvantaged especially in the work arena are not forgotten.  \;Money in the public sector is going to become tighter\, many more claiming from a finite "\;pot"\;.  \;

Extra funding for Job \;Centre Plus and the job creation scheme is welcome in so much as lets hope some of this translates into some training on the issues facing HIV+ people and to overcome the barriers they also face in returning to work.

Healthcare is also of concern. \;With cuts to healthcare budgets we need to ensure that healthcare providers treat HIV properly. ThCell isn't involved directly in the delivery of HIV healthcare\, there are many people who campaign on all of our behalf here who are very knowledgeable but we must support their efforts where we can.  \;Clearly our concern is with funding and priority to HIV \;&\; \;Mental Health\, HCV and our desire for sexual equality in the HPV \;vaccination program for boys as well as girls \;(and Gardasil for both).

The everyday services that people with HIV may need and have been diminishing over the last decade are our concern and in the current climate we aim to ensure we are again treated equitably.

Yes the blog is back. I \;missed the "\;dialogue"\; nature of being able to chat about the issues.  \;

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 \;From www.theyworkforyou.com



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\\"PhotoSarah Teather \;(Brent East\, Liberal Democrat) | \;Hansard source

To ask the \;Secretary of State \;for Health how many people were diagnosed with a sexually-transmitted infection in each London health trust area in each of the last five years.





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\\"PhotoDawn Primarolo \;(Minister of State (Public Health)\, Department of Health\; Bristol South\, Labour) | \;Hansard source

Data on the number of diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics is only available by strategic health authority (SHA). The following table gives the number of diagnoses of STIs in GUM in the London SHA between 2003 and 2007\, the latest year for which figures are available.

 \; 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
New STI diagnoses(1) 90\,791 92\,014 89\,823 89\,704 96\,223
Other STI diagnoses(1) 68\,954 73\,072 76\,386 72\,652 79\,607
Total STI diagnoses 159\,745 165\,086 166\,209 162\,356 175\,830
(1) \;Includes diagnoses defined the in notes 5 and 6 to the following table
Notes\:
1. The data available from the \;KC60 statutory returns are for diagnoses made in GUM clinics only. Diagnoses made in other clinical settings\, such as \;General Practice\, are not recorded in the KC60 dataset.
2. The data available from the KC60 statutory returns are the number of diagnoses made\, not the number of patients diagnosed.
3. The information provided has been adjusted for missing clinic data.
4. Data are unavailable for 2008.
5. New STI diagnoses include\: Chlamydial infection (uncomplicated and complicated)\, Gonorrhoea (uncomplicated and complicated)\, Infectious syphilis\, \;Genital Herpes\, simplex (first attack)\, Genital warts (first attack)\, New \;HIV \;diagnosis\, Non-specific genital infection (uncomplicated and complicated)\, Chancroid/lymphogranuloma venerum (LGV)/Donovanosis\, Molluscum contagiosum\, Trichomoniasis\, Scabies\, Pediculus pubis.
6. Other STI diagnoses include\: Early latent\, congenital and other acquired syphilis\, Recurrent genital Herpes simplex\, Recurrent and re-registered genital warts\, Subsequent \;HIV \;presentations (including \;AIDS)\, Ophthalmia neonatorum (chamydial or gonococcal)\, Epidemiological treatment of suspected STIs (syphilis\, Chlamydia\, gonorrhoea\, non-specific genital infection).
Source\:
Health Protection Agency\, KC60 returns

In addition to STIs diagnosed in GUM clinics\, the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) provides Chlamydia screening to asymptomatic people under the age of 25 years of age in England. The NCSP was launched in 2003\, when a phased implementation started. The following table shows the number of diagnoses made of Chlamydia in patients between the ages of 15-24 years between \;

1 April 2003  \;and \;

31 December 2008  \;London Primary Care Trusts (PCTs).

Area 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Barking and Dagenham PCT 0 (1)&mdash\; (1)&mdash\; 16 26 284
Barnet PCT 10 10 30 37 71 154
Bexley PCT 0 11 22 31 32 254
Brent Teaching PCT 6 11 83 121 110 175
Bromley PCT 0 53 77 83 87 237
Camden PCT 53 99 105 126 149 170
City and Hackney Teaching PCT 13 15 32 30 263 402
Croydon PCT 0 35 51 92 102 296
Ealing PCT (1)&mdash\; (1)&mdash\; 14 46 24 94
Enfield PCT 0 19 135 134 121 166
Greenwich Teaching PCT 0 63 66 97 98 465
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT (1)&mdash\; 5 16 38 33 54
Haringey Teaching PCT 9 21 66 80 150 169
Harrow PCT 0 (1)&mdash\; 77 69 98 127
Havering PCT 0 0 14 46 33 127
Hillingdon PCT (1)&mdash\; (1)&mdash\; 19 40 30 150
Hounslow PCT (1)&mdash\; (1)&mdash\; 10 28 63 106
Islington PCT 50 115 84 101 141 221
Kensington and Chelsea PCT (1)&mdash\; 8 9 26 20 49
Kingston PCT 0 0 11 17 19 81
Lambeth PCT (1)&mdash\; 232 373 535 572 621
Lewisham PCT (1)&mdash\; 611 730 859 881 1\,025
Newham PCT (1)&mdash\; 11 9 29 28 335
Redbridge PCT (1)&mdash\; (1)&mdash\; 15 24 33 248
Richmond and Twickenham PCT (1)&mdash\; 0 (1)&mdash\; 18 38 68
Southwark PCT (1)&mdash\; 333 415 582 691 713
Sutton and Merton PCT 0 (1)&mdash\; 20 82 46 165
Tower Hamlets PCT (1)&mdash\; 8 19 28 103 274
Waltham Forest PCT 7 (1)&mdash\; 11 32 40 247
Wandsworth PCT (1)&mdash\; 7 38 71 55 122
Westminster PCT 6 20 21 35 44 69
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London SHA 185 1\,711 2\,580 3\,553 4\,201 7\,668
(1) \;Cell size of 1 to 4 has been masked to protect deductive disclosure in accordance with \;Office of National Statistics \;guidelines.
Notes\:
1. The NCSP has been phased in since 2003 with all 152 PCTs reporting data to the programme since March 2008. Therefore note that numbers of diagnoses have risen substantially as an increasing proportion of the target population have been tested.
2. NSCP data are presented by \;PCT \;of residence.
3. The data from the NCSP Core Dataset are for Chlamydia screens conducted within the NCSP outside of GUM clinics only.
4. The data available from the NCSP are the number of diagnoses made and not the number of patients diagnosed.
5. Data includes Chlamydia tests for males\, females\, and those with unknown/unspecified sex.
6. Data presented are based on tests with confirmed positive diagnoses only.
Source\:
National Chlamydia Screening Programme Core Dataset

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 \;If you live in council housing or are in the process of trying to get housing in the London Borough of Lambeth. Click here for this exchange in the Commons concerning many problems with the housing department of this council.

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James Purnell seems to have been the target of a story concerning the state of a flat he no longer rents. Claiming £\;1600.00 in expenses for cleaning and such like.

You can read the story here in the Telegraph. \;

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