Jun
17
2011
NAT responds to comments by Philip Davies MP on disabled jobseekers
Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of NAT (National AIDS Trust), comments:
‘The suggestion by Tory MP Philip Davies that disabled jobseekers might offer themselves for less than minimum wage just to get on the employment ladder is essentially advocating the discrimination people with disabilities so often experience when looking for a job. By making these comments it shows he recognises the barriers to work people with disabilities face. But rather than making allowances for this discrimination as he suggests, the Government should be working harder to tackle the problem at its source.
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Jun
03
2011
30 years on and the British public still don't understand the basics of HIV
- More people are living with HIV in the UK than ever before
- The UK has no national strategy on HIV and are in breach of their UN commitment
- A fifth of UK adults do not realise HIV is transmitted through sex without a condom between a man and woman
Sunday 5 June marks 30 years since the first cases of HIV and despite many successes in tackling the epidemic; more people than ever are living with HIV in the UK and a significant proportion of the British public still do not know the basic facts around HIV transmission.
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