The morbidity and mortality of patients who become lost to follow up from HIV care are significant and the financial impact to the NHS is also high. We will take a look at the results of various programmes to re-engage patients back into care and treatment
Re-engaging people living with HIV who we need to find
Recorded: July 12th 2022
Duration: 55 mins
Speaker biographies
Grace Bottoni, South Lewisham Group Practice

Grace Bottoni, South Lewisham Group Practice
Dr Grace Bottoni is a GP in Lewisham and the Lewisham GP Clinical Lead for HIV. She is currently working on increasing primary care HIV testing, empowering GPs to manage HIV as a long term condition and ultimately working with primary care teams to reduce HIV stigma.
Veronique Martin, UK Health Security Agency

Veronique Martin, UK Health Security Agency
Veronique Martin is a Principal Scientist in the HIV and AIDS Reporting Section at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). With over 10 years’ experience in health services research, she currently leads projects to improve outcomes for people living with HIV including engagement in care, and HIV-related, preventable mortality as well as the HIV Action Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
Lucy Wood, University Hospital Lewisham

Lucy Wood, University Hospital Lewisham
Lucy Wood works full time as a nurse with the HIV team at University Hospital Lewisham, South East London. She leads on HIV testing in the Emergency Department and on reengaging people living with HIV who are not in care or at risk of disengaging. Having always had an interest in this specialist area, she lived in Uganda for 5 years with her husband and 4 children where they worked with a team of volunteers to pioneer an NGO working with children living with HIV.
Melanie Rosenvinge, University Hospital Lewisham

Melanie Rosenvinge, University Hospital Lewisham
Hannah Alexander, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Hannah Alexander, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kate Childs, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kate Childs, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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UK-BVY-0709 Date of preparation February 2025