Health written question – answered at on 26 October 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has plans to improve the treatment of older people who are living with HIV/AIDS.
Older people with HIV receive treatment in line with guidelines produced by the British HIV Association. In 2009 almost one in five adults with HIV were aged 50 years or older compared to one in seven adults in 2005 and one in ten in 2000. Earlier this year the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and Joseph Rowntree Foundation published the "50 Plus" report on ageing and HIV which provides useful insights for planners and commissioners of HIV services for older people.
The Department has funded the THT to develop a national HIV Long Term Condition Management Programme, including tackling HIV-related health inequalities, stigma and discrimination.
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