Charities have backed an urgent expansion in routine HIV testing in hospitals, after promising results from an NHS England trial that diagnosed hundreds of undetected cases NickMDuffy reports
In the first year of operation, the HIV and hepatitis, the pilot helped diagnose almost 2,000 people who were previously undiagnosed – around a quarter of whom were found to be living with HIV, according to data published on Wednesday.national medical director, said: “Effective testing for blood-borne viruses is vital in helping us identify and treat more people living with HIV and hepatitis, so we are very pleased with the positive impact of our routine opt-out testing programme.
The pilot is due to run for three years, but charities say there is already enough evidence to expand the approach from the four pilot areas, which have the highest rates of HIV, to other areas with high prevalence.understands the Government intends to make an announcement on future plans for opt-out testing shortly.: “Opt-out testing has found 500 people that wouldn’t go through a normal testing route of a sexual health clinic or community testing.
“It’s 500 people out of a cohort of just 4,400 in England that are living undiagnosed, so we’ve found 10 per cent of them in a year, with one new form of testing in only 33 hospitals.
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