Let's Talk Nursing is brought to you by bjninform.com, a learning platform for bite-sized evidence-based content that supports all aspects of nursing. I'm Samina Hashimi, editor of BJN inform, and in each episode I chat with experts about topics across person-centred care, nurse, wellbeing and career development. Together, we'll explore their experiences and discuss practical tips and insights that you can apply to your nursing practise. 
 
 Hello and welcome to this person-centred care episode of Let's Talk Nursing the BJN inform podcast. I'm joined today by Michelle Croston, lead HIV specialist nurse at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. She's worked in HIV care since 1999 and has a special interest in mental health and psychological support. Michelle, thank you so much for joining me.

You are very welcome. Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today about something I'm really passionate about. So thank you so much.

I'm very excited to dive into it. So in this week's episode, we're going to be talking about developing therapeutic relationships and providing person-centred care for people living with HIV. If you're interested in learning more about caring for patients with HIV, I highly recommend heading over to Michelle's podcast HIV Matters, where she chats with experts about the current issues that people living with HIV face. If you'd like to see more information about developing therapeutic relationships, Michelle has also written a fantastic article about this topic on BJN inform, and you'll be able to find a link to this in the description box. So to start off with, since HIV care is so entrenched in its history and social context, it might be helpful first of all to discuss the beginnings of HIV. So when this first became a known condition in the 1980s, what did care for patients with HIV look like?