Getting to zero by 2030: HIV in London Report

The London Assembly Health Committee has published its report ‘Getting to zero by 2030: HIV in London’. The report makes several recommendations including:

• The Mayor’s upcoming Health Inequalities Strategy implementation plan should give greater prominence to the issue of HIV, with a focus on what key actions he will support and deliver to help London reach its 2030 goals.
• As part of its HIV Action Plan, the Government should set clear targets for a year-on-year increase in levels of HIV testing, including in London.  The Government should also provide funding for programmes which re-engage HIV patients who have been lost to care and commitment to increase PrEP access through community pharmacies.
• The Mayor should promote the HIV Confident charter in London and advocate for more organisations to sign up to it in 2025, including the councils, healthcare settings and businesses.
• Given that he has provided funding for the HIV/AIDS memorial in London, the Mayor should advocate to ensure that construction of this is completed by the end of 2027. When the memorial is unveiled, he should use this as an opportunity to work with partners to promote anti-stigmatising initiatives and public health messaging in relation HIV.