Motion in the House of Commons in response to the refusal to provide
milk tokens.
Dr Jane Anderson, a leading HIV consultant at Barts Hospital, said: "Much
of my work is with HIV-infected women, many of whom are asylum seekers.
To prevent HIV infection in babies, we strongly recommend the use of anti-HIV
medication in pregnancy and bottle feeding.
"Although the current system allows free access to expensive and
efficacious drugs for such women, there is no free supply of formula feed
for the babies."
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HIV and sexual health confidentiality to go?
Activists and organisations around the country are up in arms about Department
of Health (DoH) plans to end patient confidentiality in HIV and GUM clinics.
Under proposals to change the Health and Social Care Act, confidential
patient information could be disclosed without their knowledge or consent.
HIV campaigners are concerned that the proposals would be in breach of
the Human Rights Act as well as the Data Protection Act.
Up till now information about patients in HIV and GUM clinics is stored
securely and is not released to third parties. This security of patient
confidentiality has gone a long way to allay patient fears about disclosure
of their HIV status or sexual health history. UK patients have always
been able to visit GUM clinics for testing and treatments without fear
that third parties, like insurance companies, would be able to access
their secret records.
But under new DoH regulations disclosure of both anonymous and patient
identifiable information without consent will be allowed, not only for the
