- Since 2005, people living with HIV have been protected from discrimination effectively from the point of diagnosis in most settings, including the workplace and in healthcare settings like a GP practice.
- However discrimination still occurs: a third of people living with HIV in the UK have experienced discrimination, and half of those experiences involved healthcare workers.
- People with HIV are also vulnerable to hate crime and the current law does not give people with the virus adequate protection from violence and abuse.
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'Some employers have policies that support HIV-positive people but others do not.'(Video played by an actor) |
'A doctor in Accident and Emergency, and a community dentist he had visited seemed uninformed about HIV.' |
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'Talks about receiving discriminatory treatment from the dentist because of his HIV-status'. (Copyright: Headliners*) |
- Speaking out: We campaigned to get the law changed so that people living with HIV are protected from discrimination from the moment of diagnosis and we are working to ensure that the new Single Equality Act provides maximum protection for people living with HIV.
- Breaking the silence: We continue to campaign to secure the rights of people living with HIV and are putting pressure on both the Home Office and the police to tackle hate crime effectively.
- Talking to others: We produce resources to help employers find out the facts about HIV and to ensure they don't discriminate against those affected by the virus.
Find more information about HIV and the law on the National AIDS Trust website.
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