PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND (PHE) HAS PUBLISHED 2018 HIV DATA. 

The PHE Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles has also been updated this morning. The profiles present epidemiological data about new HIV diagnoses and people receiving HIV care at national, regional and local levels and are based on place of residence. The profiles include existing indicators and seven new indicators including ART initiation and viral suppression.

PHE will publish the annual HIV report in mid-November; this report will contain a more detailed picture of HIV in the UK and will combine modelled estimates of undiagnosed HIV infection and incidence together with public health commentary and recommendations.

Below is a summary of data from a perspective on Greater Manchester:

Manchester has seen a decline in new diagnosis with 112 new HIV diagnosis in 2018 compared to 124 in 2017 and 136 in 2016. This is nearly a 10% decrease since previous year and 32% since 2014.

Greater Manchester diagnosis fell from 289 in 2017 to 253 in 2018 12.45% decline.

The Greaeter Manchester picture is mixed with falls in 7 LAs and 2 increases with Salford having the same number (40) Bury diagnosis increased from 10 to 18 and Tameside from 14 to 21 whilst Oldham fell from 18 to 8 and Wigan 20 down to 12.

The new diagnosis rate per 100,00 aged +15 in Manchester in 2018 was 25.3 compared to 28.1 previous year. 2014 was 38.7.

Greater Manchester fell from 12.8 to 11.2. England fell from 9.4 to 8.8

in 2018 75.6% of Manchester residents diagnosed with HIV in commenced antiretroviral therapy (ART) within 90 days of diagnosis.

Greater Manchester 75.7 and England 79.1

Big variations across Greater Manchester with Rochdale at 50.0, Bury 57.5, Wigan 88.9, Bolton 83.1

97.3% or people accessing HIV treatment and care in Manchester are virally suppressed and have an undetectable viral load (Greater Manchester 97.4, England 97.2 NW 97.1)

Manchester's diagnosed prevalence rate in 2018 was 6.21 this compares to 6.19 in 2017 (GM 3.05)

Only 3 GM areas have a rate below 2 (Wigan, Oldham and Stockport)

Bury Tameside and Trafford have new rates above 2.0 having previously been below.

LIFE COACHING WITH RESULT CIC AT GEORGE HOUSE TRUST

We are currently offering life coaching at George House Trust. The coaching is being provided by Result CIC as part of an Awards for All grant from the Lottery Community Fund.

You will be assigned a life coach who through a series of focussed conversations, will enable you to think about your current situation, decide what you want and then support you to take the necessary steps to get there.

You will work one-on-one with your life coach and sessions can be done at George House Trust, over the phone or using Skype.

You can have up to 10 sessions.

To find out more, email Joshua or call 0161 274 4499.

Please note, this service is provided by Result CIC not George House Trust

1^st DECEMBER IS WORLD AIDS DAY

We have been busy planning for World AIDS Day with our PaSH partners and can confirm that The World AIDS Day Candlelit Procession and Vigil will be held in Sackville Gardens on Sunday December 1^st from 6pm to 7pm.

The global theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is ‘Communities make the difference’.

We will be out in force with collecting tins on the streets of Manchester over the World AIDS day weekend.  We need lots of volunteers to help raise as much money as we can, so if you would like to volunteer to help with street collections over the weekend, please contact rachel@ght.org.uk

‘To Whom It May Concern’ by Jordan Roberts

Manchester artist Jordan Roberts is looking for participants to take part in an exciting new art project focusing on the lives of people in Greater Manchester who are living with HIV.

The project involves having a portrait taken and a letter writing exercise.

The work will be exhibited publicly but both portraits and letters can be anonymised as much as the participant likes with the full support of the artist.

A workshop for participants to have portraits taken and to work on writing letters will take place on Sunday 17th November from 1pm at Partisan, 19 Cheetham Hill Road, M4 4FY (near Victoria Train Station).

The letter writing portion of the workshop will be facilitated by award-winning playwright Nathaniel Hall.

Nathaniel’s critically acclaimed play ‘First Time’ has been helping to change the public conversation around life with HIV.

Participants should be:

• Living with HIV.

• Based in Greater Manchester.

• Happy to share their story on their terms.

• Free on 17th November.

• The project is actively seeking women, trans and non-binary people, and people of colour to take part in this project to show the diversity of people living with HIV in our city.

There is also an option to read your letter at a launch event on 30 November. Everyone is welcome to attend this event whether they would like to read their letter or not.

Please contact Jordan Roberts by email.

This project is supported by Superbia at Manchester Pride.

PLEASE NOTE: This project is external and is not organised by George House Trust