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Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS: Accident and Emergency Departments

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 September 2025UIN 75670

The question

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 month since January 2025.

Answered by 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 virus tests have been completed.

An interim report on the programme is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bloodborne-viruses-opt-out-testing-in-emergency-departments/public-health-evaluation-of-bbv-opt-out-testing-in-eds-in-england-24-month-interim-report

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