Social Work Department of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: HIV/AIDS

Edinburgh-specific social work related AIDS papers 1985-1993; non-Edinburgh-specific social work related AIDS papers 1984-1997

HIV was first introduced into Edinburgh in 1983 and spread rapidly as a result of injection drug users who habitually shared equipment. By 1989 over 1000 HIV infected users had been identified in Edinburgh out of a total of 1700 in Scotland, representing three to four times the worst infection rate measured in England. The epidemic was detected within two years and , as a result, an opportunity arose to develop HIV services prior to the development of HIV-related ill-health/AIDS. A range of local National Health Service, municipal and voluntary institutions and organisations rapidly became involved. These papers were collected by a practising social worker based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Chronological within record class

Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply

Geraldine Brown, Social Work Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, September 1999

Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists

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