HIV tests for new GP patients 'can aid early diagnosis' Offering HIV testing when people register with a new GP in areas of high prevalence is cost-effective and could prolong lives, a new study says.
Patients at 40 GP surgeries in the London borough of Hackney were given finger-prick HIV testing when registering.
The study, in the Lancet, found this raised the rate of diagnosis four-fold.
The Terrence Higgins Trust welcomed the findings and called on healthcare commissioners to act on them.
Public Health England already recommends that all GPs in areas where HIV prevalence is high, or extremely high, should offer testing to everyone who registers with the practice and has not previously been diagnosed with the virus. BBC News
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Patients at 40 GP surgeries in the London borough of Hackney were given finger-prick HIV testing when registering.
The study, in the Lancet, found this raised the rate of diagnosis four-fold.
The Terrence Higgins Trust welcomed the findings and called on healthcare commissioners to act on them.
Public Health England already recommends that all GPs in areas where HIV prevalence is high, or extremely high, should offer testing to everyone who registers with the practice and has not previously been diagnosed with the virus. BBC News
See also:
- NHS study: HIV test should be given to all registered The Daily Mail
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