| Heading: |
HIV Infection: Diagnosis |
| Question ID: |
1746032 |
| UIN: |
17255 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4813 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Richard Holden
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| Asking Member handle: |
RicHolden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RicHolden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of (a) HIV and (b) AIDS have been diagnosed due to mandatory opt-out testing in hospitals. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1506 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Gwynne
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| Answering Member handle: |
GwynneMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@GwynneMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The bloodborne viruses (BBVs) opt-out testing in emergency departments programme has identified 391 people with new HIV diagnoses between April 2022 and December 2023. In addition, 314 people were identified with HIV who had been previously diagnosed. Dat... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |