Nick Partridge
Nick Partridge talks about being gay, AIDS and a passion for food
How did your early years determine what you are doing now?
I was born in Rickmansworth, the ‘metroland’ John Betjeman loved so much, and my father worked for Plessey but was made redundant in the early 1970s recession. So my parents moved us all (I have two brothers and one sister) to Minehead in West Somerset and took over a hotel – a complete change. At around the same time I realised I was gay.
Author: Nick Partridge
Sir Nick Partridge OBE has worked for the Terrence Higgins Trust since 1985 and was appointed its chief executive in 1991. He has been a consistent voice in the media coverage of AIDS and sexual health in all its aspects from health promotion, social care and advocacy to research and treatment issues. The charity has negotiated 20 mergers in the past eight years and now has over 1,000 volunteers and 300 staff providing a wide range of sexual health and HIV services. Nick is chair of INVOLVE, an advisory group promoting public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. He is also deputy chair of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. In 2004, Nick was appointed a Commissioner of the Healthcare Commission, the independent inspectorate responsible for reviewing the quality of healthcare in England.
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