2025/06/04 by Dan Clutterbuck, Michael Brady, Alison Rodger · 1 voice
Medicine · Social Sciences · #HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions #HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk #Sex work and related issues
paper · doi:10.1111/hiv.70043
openalex publication_date 2025/06/04 · openalex created_date 2025/06/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Abstract Objectives Success in HIV prevention interventions, including pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), among gay, bisexual and other men‐who‐have‐sex‐with‐men (GBMSM) has not been replicated across all communities. The 2025 BASHH/BHIVA UK PrEP Guidelines recognizes and addresses the significant barriers and constraints that existing guidance and service delivery models place on PrEP access and equity. This paper summarizes the key guideline recommendations and the rationale supporting them. Methods The guidelines were developed following the methodology described in the CEG Framework for Guideline development published on the BASHH website. The writing group of clinicians, academics and community advocates incorporated input from a formal public consultation process. Results The 2025 guideline includes over 90 graded recommendations. A chapter on PrEP equity and an updated chapter on PrEP suitability and risk assessment, moving away from basing PrEP eligibility on the inclusion criteria used for clinical trials, are included. Injectable PrEP has demonstrated superiority to oral PrEP but presents challenges in delivery, so improving equity in access and uptake of existing oral PrEP options was a key priority. The guidelines simplify and clarify advice on dosing for oral PrEP and recommend new event‐based dosing options for all PrEP users, including quick‐start double‐dose PrEP for everybody. New guidance on the use of PrEP after a potential exposure is also included. Conclusions The PrEP guidelines purposefully highlight equity, access and the urgent requirement to meet the needs of underserved communities as a priority. These are addressed through pragmatic and groundbreaking recommendations based on careful consideration of all available evidence.