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LGA responds to King’s Fund report on HIV
Vice Chair of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Cllr Linda Thomas, responded to a report by the King’s Fund on the future of HIV services in England
“The progress made in supporting people with HIV, enabling them to live independent, fulfilling lives, and the fact that it is no longer the death sentence it once was, is a major public health success story.
“Since public health moved to local government in 2013, councils have embraced their new responsibilities and worked with their health and community partners to deliver innovative programmes that support people with HIV.
“Councils invest more than £600 million a year in sexual health preventative services, including HIV, not just because it is cost-effective in saving money in the long term, but because it significantly improves people's general health and wellbeing.
“We support the findings of this report, in particular the importance that all parts of the system, including NHS England, local NHS bodies and councils, are working together to ensure that people benefit.
“The success of sexual health and HIV services depends on everyone working together to make these services responsive, relevant and as easy to use as possible and ultimately improve the public’s health.
“We all have the joint responsibility of ensuring we can deliver an integrated sexual health system as was originally intended.”
View report: Complexity of health system is 'holding back progress' in HIV care
