To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans formally to include HIV within the schedule of long-term conditions covered by the recommendations of the NHS Next Stage Review. (221822)

Long term conditions are currently defined as those that cannot at present be cured, but can be controlled by medication and other therapies. The widespread use of combination anti-retroviral therapies to control HIV, means the infection is now managed largely as a long-term condition. By 2010, all people with a long term condition, including those with HIV will be offered a personalised care plan, as recommended in the NHS Next Stage Review.