The decision by London primary care trusts (PCTs) this month to withdraw more than half a million pounds of funding to the Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme was met with widespread outrage from medical professionals and campaigners.
Dr Dawn Wilkinson, HIV consultant at Imperial College Healthcare Trust London, and spokeswoman for the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, said health services across the board are scaling back prevention work to make savings.
"There's a gradual erosion of universal prevention work, while people are trying to keep more targeted work," she explained. "Most sexually transmitted infections are preventable and good information can motivate people to change their behaviours, so it is very alarming when money is cut."
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