Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75670

Hepititis and HIV Infection: Accident and Emergency Departments

Tabled: 8 September 2025

Answered: 29 September 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) positive and (b) negative (i) HIV, (ii) hepatitis B and (iii) hepatitis C tests were performed in emergency departments as part of the opt-out blood-borne virus testing scheme in each

Answer

Ashley Dalton

This information is not available as the data is currently unvalidated.Over the first 24 months of the opt-out bloodborne virus testing in emergency departments programme, 1,981,590 HIV tests, 1,502,799 hepatitis C virus tests and 1,185,678 hepatitis B vi...

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