FRONTLINE HIV Forum Meeting 3rd November 2009

Submitted by christiandecle on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 20:13

FRONTLINE HIV Forum Meetings:

Members: General Members Forum
Date: 3rd November 2009
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Attendees: 11
Apologies: 3


  • The next Forum event will be held at the River House Trust, Furnivall Gardens, Off Rutland
    Grove, Hammersmith, London W6 9DJ, on the 8th December 2009, from 6.00pm – 8.00pm. There is limited capacity, see below. The next regular meeting is 5th January 2010. Directions to the River House can be found at http://www.riverhousetrust.org.uk/Contact.html


    • World AIDS Day – 1st December 2009.


  • SWINE FLU
    • People who are HIV should ask to make 2 appointments to receive their
      vaccinations from their GP.
    • You will be asked if you are immunodeficient, and there should be no further questions.
    • There are 2 types of vaccination, one of which is egg based, and another for people who would be allergic to any egg based product. These will be given in 2 doses 3 weeks apart.
    • Patients who are unsure should refer to the Department of Health alert on Swine Flu, available at:-
      http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pandemic-flu/Pages/Vaccine.aspx
  • AGEING PROJECT
    • The instrument has been finalised, and this with all other relevant material should be ready to go before the ethics committee for approval in December.
  • PRIMARY CARE ACCESS
    • Drafts have to be in place for approval of Poly-systems clinics by early December.
    • These clinics will be based at GP surgeries within the local community. GP’s within these clinics should be experienced in all aspects of HIV care. If a GP was unsure on how to treat a patient they will have direct telephone access to specialists in HIV clinics to seek advice.
    • Obvious problems arising from these proposed Poly-systems clinics are; not all HIV patients have a GP, and the question of anonymity should HIV patients choose to access care through a GP.
    • The website is http://www.accessgp.org.uk/
  • Next meeting at River House Trust Tuesday 8th December 2009
    • There are 10 places available for forum members for this meeting with the other places being for service users of the River House Trust.
    • This meeting is to encourage engagement with support services in west London.
    • There will be a presentation by VIIV, the new company formed by the merger of Glaxo Smith Kline and Pfizer to deliver strategic development of new HIV medication, and to better understand the needs of people living with HIV.
    • The website is http://www.viivhealthcare.com/
  • NEXT YEARS MEETING DIARY
    • The forum will invite Sean Watson of the clinical nurse specialist team to give a presentation in February.
    • In February Dr.Simon Barton,Clinical Director, Kobler Clinic will be invited to give a follow up presentation to the one he gave in August at the forum on Payment By Results, a new initiative by the Department of Health, which will aim to categorise patients according to the level of clinical care required.
    • The forum wishes to invite several organisations; THT, NAM, NAT, I-Base, Positively Women, to give presentations sometime after February.