Experts call for HIV testing in high-risk areas

Everyone in high-risk areas should be offered HIV tests when they enroll for a new GP because 13,500 people are unaware that they have the disease, public health experts have said.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London are calling for immediate HIV screening to be rolled out to all 74 local authorities in England with high rates of infection.

High HIV prevalence is defined as having more than two diagnosed infections per 1,000 adults in a given area. An estimated 13,500 people in the UK do not know they carry the virus that causes Aids, meaning they miss out on treatment.