HIV i-Base report from the 6th Joint Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)
Although the complicated outcomes related to chemsex have been known within the community for at least 20 years and these led to increased development of NHS services over the last 10 years, there is still no formal data, even for London, on the extent of chemsex related morbidity and mortality.
This includes still not having an NHS ICD-10 code specific to chemsex and still no record of chemsex-related deaths, including from overdose. This data is essential to justify funding to develop appropriate services.
This data gap especially affects people living with HIV who take part in chemsex, and these issues were included in a lunchtime workshop at the 6th Joint BHIVA/BASHH Conference with four key talks.
Read more here.
Source : HIV i-Base
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