NHIVNA Patrons

David first had the privilege of working with people living with HIV as a Catholic priest, in Wales, mid-1980s, moving to St Mary’s Paddington HIV in-patient services as a Staff Nurse, in days reminiscent of the TV series It’s A Sin. He has been teaching since 1990, first as lecturer-practitioner in HIV and AIDS; then HIV Clinical Training Officer (St Thomas’), and senior lecturer in HIV counselling with Prof Robert Pratt, NWTRHA AIDS Education Unit. David also held significant posts in sexual health and HIV with the Royal College of Nursing. He has researched and published both on HIV and sexual health in nurse education (MPhil and EdD) and co-founded the European HIV Nursing Network. Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed David an OBE in 2017, “for services to nursing and sexual health education”; he is a National Teaching Fellow, a Fellow ad eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and a Queen’s Nurse. David was appointed professor in 2018.

Why did I accept the invitation to be a NHIVNA Patron?
Why wouldn’t I?! What an amazing honour, especially as I have never formally been a member of NHIVNA but always enjoyed engagement opportunities to promote the organisation, most recently by developing free-of-charge acknowledgement of academic credits for the BASHH STIF-NHIVNA Intermediate and Advanced courses. I look forward to contributing to this great organisation, to the best of my abilities.

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Nathaniel is an award-winning writer, actor and HIV activist from Manchester. He has spoken extensively in the press about his own journey living with HIV after diagnosis in 2003 aged just 16 and advocates for a world free of HIV stigma and shame. First Time, his award-winning solo show about his life with HIV, received audience and critical acclaim on UK tour and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, and his story has been seen by millions in broadcast, digital and print. The play-text of First Time is published by Nick Hern Books. Nathaniel also appeared as Donald Bassett in the hit Channel 4 Drama ‘It’s A Sin’ by Russell T Davies. He is Co-Artistic Director of Dibby Theatre, an award-winning LGBTQ+ led theatre company from Manchester.

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Originally from Kenya, Angelina has over 24 years’ experience of working in the HIV sector on different initiatives ranging from providing one-to-one support, treatment advocacy, managing service delivery to facilitating, promoting and advocating for the involvement of women living with HIV in forming and informing local and national strategy and policy. A founder member of the 4M Network of Mentor Mothers living with HIV, Angelina also sits on various national and international advisory boards. These include, as a patron of the National HIV Nurses Association, a lay member of the Women’s Network of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, a member of the organizing Committee of the International annual Women and HIV Workshop, has been a Community Representative for the British HIV Association, and is a Trustee of the National AIDS Trust and SAFE Kenya. She has co-authored various articles in peer review journals and UNAIDS reports.

Why did I choose to be a NHIVNA patron?
Because I truly believe in the work that NHIVNA does. HIV nurses are invaluable and have over the years done and continue to do an incredible job looking after and caring for people living with HIV. I feel both humbled and honoured to be a patron.

Robert Fieldhouse set up Body Positive’s Treatment Advisory Service in 1997 before moving on to become an Editor with NAM. At the same time he worked as a Treatments Advisor at Mortimer Market Centre. He has also worked for Positive Nation magazine, Body Positive and was involved in setting up and publishing Baseline magazine in 2009. He has been living with HIV since 2004 and has remained well on treatment. he has offered treatment advice in many of his roles over the last 20 years. He has been a lifelong supporter of NHIVNA and is now pursuing a career in nursing.

The late Robert Pratt was Professor of Nursing and Director of the Richard Wells Research Centre School of Research and Postgraduate Studies, part of the Wolfson Institute of Health Sciences at Thames Valley University. He was a Patron of NHIVNA since 2003. Professor Pratt died in 2024.