LGBT+ Health Advisor Calls For UK-Wide Rollout of PrEP
Dr. Michael Brady, the first LGBT+ Health Minister in the UK, has called for a national rollout of PrEP, the HIV-prevention drug.
Speaking to Reuters, Dr. Brady said there was “no doubt about the cost effectiveness of PrEP.
“You actually put money back into the NHS pot very quickly by not having to spend £300,000 on lifetime treatment costs for HIV.”
The drug is currently available free of charge on Scotland’s NHS, while England’s NHS is halfway through its PrEP Impact Trial, which recently increased its numbers after it was found gay and bisexual men were being turned away.
Dr. Brady, who is also the Medical Director of the Terrence Higgins Trust, said he is committed “to improve the health and wellbeing of the LGBT community, improve the experience in the NHS and to reduce inequality.”
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