Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8687
Hepatitis: Screening
Tabled: 11 October 2024
Answered: 21 October 2024
Question
Steve Race
Labour — Exeter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to continue the Hepatitis C opt-out testing programme beyond March 2025.
Answer
Opt-out testing in emergency departments for bloodborne viruses, including hepatitis C, is live at 34 sites in areas of extremely high prevalence of HIV, and is expanding to areas of high prevalence of HIV. A further 47 emergency department sites will be ...
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