Vital funding details for the long-awaited rollout of PrEP, the HIV-preventative daily pill known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, were announced 25 September by the government. The department of health and social care published guidance for the crucial grants for local authorities to start distributing PrEP across England.

With HIV advocates and sexual health experts pushing for a 1 October launch, leaders from the Terrence Higgins Trust said that the wait for PrEP has stretched “far too long”, but welcomed the “important step”. Read the full PinkNews story at www.tinyurl.com/prep-rollout