Cuts raise HIV care fears
Thursday 13 September 2012
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EmailHealth professionals warned today that the quality of care given to HIV sufferers may plummet after Tory NHS "reforms" take effect next year.
The British HIV Association revealed that two-thirds of its members are worried the changes ushered in by the Health and Social Care Act will fragment services provided to patients.
From April 2013 commissioning will be split between the NHS Commissioning Board responsible for HIV treatment and local authorities, which will commission sexual health and genito-urinary medicine services including prevention and testing.
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