Letters
Digital service provision of HIV PrEP in UK
HIV PrEP: raise awareness in all groups who could benefit and provide for both on and offline access
BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2133 (Published 02 September 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:o2133
- Claudia S Estcourt, professor of sexual health and HIV and consultant physician1,
- Ross Kincaid, research assistant1,
- Lindsay Henderson, specialty registrar2,
- John Saunders, senior clinical researcher3,
- Ann K Sullivan, consultant physician4,
- Jo Gibbs, senior clinical research associate5
- 1Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
- 2NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
- 3UK Health Security Agency and University College London, London, UK
- 4Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- 5University College London, London, UK
- Claudia.estcourt{at}gcu.ac.uk
Digital services are already integral parts of care pathways for people accessing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in many parts of the UK and considerable research is underway.1 Many services offered some elements of PrEP care online before 2020, which enabled rapid transition to hybrid online and telephone based PrEP care during the pandemic.23 Research presented at a recent national conference showed the acceptability of online PrEP.456
A wider problem is PrEP adherence and retention: almost 50% of people …
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