Our achievements

What HIV Scotland does

• HIV Scotland contributes to HIV-related policy at local and national levels
  
• HIV Scotland influences national strategic developments and supports national and local needs assessments
  
• HIV Scotland seeks to focus priority on the rights and needs of people living with HIV
  
• The agency continues to inform and support agencies, communities and individuals on HIV
  
• HIV Scotland brings to its work a high level of expertise, strong links and appropriate challenge

Key achievements

Strategic development

Since 1995 HIV Scotland has provided expertise as a member of working groups which published the following key national strategies:

• 'UK Health Departments (1995) HIV & AIDS Health Promotion: An Evolving Strategy', UK Departments of Health, London.
  
• ‘Report of the Health Promotion Strategy Group’ (2000)
  
• ‘Respect and Responsibility’ (2005)
  
• ‘HIV Action Plan’ (2009)

Policy and campaigning

HIV Scotland has taken a high profile role in the following policy areas:

• HIV Infected Health Care Workers (1995 and 2005)
• Criminal law and HIV transmission
• Mandatory testing
• HIV testing policy
• Blood donations policy
• HIV Manifesto campaigns for Holyrood and Westminster

Standards and regulation

HIV Scotland had an active role in developing the following standards and regulations:

• Confidentiality (General Medical Council (GMC), 2009)
• Confidentiality – supplementary guidance (GMC, 2009)
• BHIVA standards
• BASHH standards on testing
• QIS Standards
• Advice to Scottish Medicines Consortium - various

Needs assessments

Needs assessments undertaken or contributed to by HIV Scotland:

• Forth Valley (June 2009)
• ‘National treatment and care’ (March 2009)

Research

Research conducted on behalf of HIV Scotland:

• Testing Barriers’ (Flowers, P, 2000)
• ‘Connected’ (Flowers, P, 2006)
• 'Gaps and Isolation: the shape of service delivery to meet the HIV related needs of African and minority ethnic communities in Scotland’ (O’Brien, Oonagh and Grant, Elizabeth, 2006)
• ‘HIV and Sexual Health Promotion Activities for Gay and Bisexual Men and Black and Minority Ethnic/African Communities in Scotland’ (Burtney, Elizabeth & Hosie, Alison June 2007)
• 'Integrated HIV Prevention in Forth Valley - needs assessment report' - (Ball, W. June 2009)
• 'Promoting Connections and Well Being: a review of HIV Scotland's links with Africans living in Scotland' - (Souley, I.H. March 2011)