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NHS England » NHS expands HIV opt-out testing to 30 more A&Es

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Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more A&Es will start testing for the infectious disease in hospital emergency departments (ED) via the revolutionary NHS Blood Borne Virus Opt-out […]

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NHS expands automated HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C testing programme to 30 new hospitals. What Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says

More than 7,300 new cases have been diagnosed so far, including more than 1,000 cases of HIV. The programme is part of a wider UK government plan to eliminate new HIV transmissions by 2030. Health leaders hope to extend this opt-out approach to other diseases in the future. The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. The government is rolling out a £27m expansion of the system to 30 new hospitals, saying it cou…

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