Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 182682
HIV Infection: Screening
Tabled: 25 April 2023
Answered: 2 May 2023
Named DayQuestion
Dan Carden
Labour — Liverpool Walton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on extending opt-out HIV testing in areas of high HIV prevalence outside of London.
Answer
Neil O'BrienWe are considering all the evidence from the first year of opt-out human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and blood borne testing in emergency departments, alongside the data on progress towards our ambitions to end new HIV transmissions and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and HIV related deaths within England by 2030, to examine the feasibility of further expanding this programme. We will be sharing evidence as it emerges to support other areas of the country to make the case for implementing the same approach locally.