HIV Prevention England Conference 2022

On Friday 30 September, HIV Prevention England welcomed delegates from across the country to our 5th biennial national prevention conference in London. The event brought together colleagues from charities and community-based organisations, commissioners and local authority public health teams, clinicians and researchers.

The HPE team would like to extend our thanks to everyone who attended the event, especially the speakers, panellists and chairs who participated during the day.

Programme and Presentation slides

Plenary sessions

Morning Plenary

Ministerial keynote at HIV Prevention England Conference – Dr Caroline Johnson MP

Parliamentary Report from the HIV and AIDS APPG – Florence Eshalomi MP

Ending HIV Transmission in England by 2030: Progress and challenges with England’s HIV Action Plan [PDF] – Professor Kevin Fenton CBE PrFPH PhD, Office for Health Improvement & Disparities

Afternoon Plenary

Monkeypox update [PDF] – Dr. Hamish Mohammed, UK Health Security Agency

Beyond the HIV Action Plan: what is the future of HIV prevention in the UK?

Thank you to our panellists for their participation in this discussion:

  • Professor Kevin Fenton, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
  • Stephen Hindle, NHS England
  • Dr Katy Sinka, UKHSA
  • Isabel Carrick, English HIV and Sexual Health Commissioners Group
  • Deborah Gold, NAT (National AIDS Trust)
  • Dr Kate Nambiar, Terrence Higgins Trust

Parallel conference sessions

Key population insights

National surveillance data insights into key populations [PDF] – Dr Alison Brown, UK Health Security Agency

Lessons from HIV Prevention England campaign surveys: knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of key populations [PDF] – Penny Coase and Jo Bolton, Kantar Public

Key populations’ attitudes towards sexual health and HIV prevention [PDF] – Robbie Currie, London HIV Prevention Programme

Testing and outreach

Driving HIV prevention to Black African communities in London [PDF] – Beth Hopson, GMI Partnership

Remote outreach on geo-located apps [PDF] – Craig Moody, Yorkshire MESMAC

Common Ambition Bristol: Addressing HIV stigma and increasing testing among people of African and Caribbean heritage in Bristol [PDF] – Aisha-monic Namurach, Brigstowe/Common Ambition Bristol and Dr Fiona Fox, NIHR ARC West and University of Bristol

Experiences of and attitudes towards HIV testing for Asian, Black and Latin American MSM in a randomized controlled trial in England and Wales [PDF] – Phil Samba, Prepster

Comparing demand for finger-prick blood kits vs oral gum swab kits in Terrence Higgins Trust’s HIV self-testing service [PDF] – Takudzwa Mukiwa, Terrence Higgins Trust

Access to sexual health services for underserved populations

Interview with Lorraine Stanley [YouTube] – Lorraine Stanley, Sex With A Difference

Deaf British Sign Language users and sexual health – ‘Hard to reach or excluded?’ [PDF] -Damian Brewer, London Borough of Croydon

A Model for Health and Wellbeing Improvement [PDF] – Carlos Corredor and Jose Trueba, Aymara Social Enterprise

Trans and Non-binary Sexual Health [PDF] – Rory Finn, Terrence Higgins Trust

Nobody Left Outside [PDF] – Juddy Otti, Africa Advocacy Foundation

LGBT+ BPoC Health Equity and Advocacy [PDF] – Patrick Ettenes, Black Beetle Health

Fast Track Cities: Improving quality of life by tackling stigma and discrimination and empowering people living with HIV

Introduced by Helen Corkin, Sexual and Reproductive Health Lead – London, UK Health Security Agency.

Empowerment programmes tackling internalised stigma for people living with HIV [PDF] – Fungai Murau, 4MNet

The Well-being Thermometer, setting a baseline for well-being and improving quality of life for people living with HIV [PDF] – Steve Worrall, Positive East

Using peer support to tackle stigma and discrimination, improve health outcomes and quality of life [PDF] – Aled Osborne, Community Engagement Manger, Brigstowe

Community centred patient care – nursing in the community to tackle complex problems, improve quality of life and tackle internalised stigma – Suzan Potts, Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Training people about HIV to increase knowledge and improve attitudes towards HIV to end stigma within healthcare settings – Jennifer Kendrick, Manchester University Hospital

Workshop: Co-production in practice

Breaking Barriers: a co-produced project to understand and overcome barriers that prevent women of African and Caribbean heritage from accessing HIV services.

Co-production in practice [PDF]

Video playlists (YouTube) – Nicola Jones, Terrence Higgins Trust:

Innovations in HIV and STI prophylaxis

PrEP2U: delivering HIV PrEP from a community setting [PDF] – Kayleigh Nichols, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

PrEP and sexual health: a community pharmacies project [PDF] – Barrie Dwyer, Terrence Higgins Trust

Getting PrEP’ed for Pride – Providing PrEP at a local pride event [PDF] – Kevin Turner, Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

Use of Doxycycline as pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis for STIs [PDF] – Dr Manik Kohli, University College London

Reaching and engaging people with HIV who are not on treatment

Making a case for a shift in HIV prevention focus: the importance of re-engagement and retention in care [PDF] – Dr Alison Brown, UK Health Security Agency

Experiences of secondary care services in re-engaging those lost to care [PDF] – Dr Hannah Alexander, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

The role of primary care professionals in reaching the undiagnosed and re-engaging those lost to care [PDF] – Dr Grace Bottoni, South Lewisham GP/NHS South East London CCG

Can’t Pass It On training resource for healthcare professionals: Addressing gaps in knowledge and attitudes in primary care settings [PDF] – Dominic Edwardes, Terrence Higgins Trust

The role of private partnerships in the HIV and sexual health response

Thank you to our panellists for their participation in this discussion:

  • Rashad Burgess, Gilead Sciences
  • Nipur Siani, MSD
  • Sylvia Nicholson, ViiV Healthcare
  • Brian Reid, OraSure
  • Stephanie Carter, Owen Mumford