National AIDS Trust v NHS Service Commissioning Board

National AIDS Trust v NHS Service Commissioning Board [2016] EWHC 2005 (Admin), was a court case before the High Court of Justice seeking judicial review regarding National Health Service funding for pre-exposure prophylaxis.

The provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the British National Health Service to prevent HIV infection has been the subject of much controversy. AIDS campaigners have lobbied for the NHS to approve the treatment to prevent the spread of HIV among members of high-risk groups such as gay men. NHS management considered PrEP to be a preventative treatment that they were not legally able to provide funding for, but should instead be funded by local councils.[1][2]

The issue was taken by the National AIDS Trust to a judicial review by the High Court.[3] In 2016, the High Court determined that NHS England had the power to provide PrEP treatment to these groups. As of August 2016, NHS England is planning to appeal the judgment in the Court of Appeal,[4] while also making plans to prepare to implement the wider use of PrEP if the judgment is upheld. To ensure it had sufficient funding to cover the £10m-20m annual cost of PREP if it was prioritised, NHS England announced that it could no longer guarantee it would be able to commission nine other treatments and services which it had provisionally earmarked for funding.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "HIV campaigners win NHS drug battle". BBC News. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  2. ↑ "Councils and charity win High Court battle over HIV treatment decision". Local Government Lawyer. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Judge urged to overturn NHS decision not to fund HIV prevention treatment". The Guardian. 2016-07-13. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  4. ↑ Boseley, Sarah (2016-08-02). "NHS can fund 'game-changing' PrEP HIV drug, court says". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  5. ↑ "NHS England loses HIV drug judicial review". Health Service Journal. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

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