The objective of this study was to offer HIV testing to all patients attending the acute medical
admissions unit (AMU) in Newcastle upon Tyne to assess feasibility, acceptability and point …

Objectives The 2008 UK National Guidelines for HIV testing recommended HIV testing
should be offered to all general medical admissions aged 16–60 years in high prevalence …

Murthy et al. 1 have highlighted recent NICE guidance on HIV testing in geographical areas
of high prevalence. Locally, we have an extremely high prevalence of HIV (> 8: 1000). The …

The UK National Guidelines on HIV testing (2008) recommend routinely offering an HIV test
to patients in certain clinical settings. We wished to investigate the acceptability of …

Background: One-quarter of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the
UK are unaware of their infection, leading to late presentation with consequent increased …

Objectives To report the implementation and outcomes of a routine opt-out HIV testing policy
in an acute medical unit (AMU) of a district general hospital in an area of high diagnosed …

Routine HIV testing in non-specialist settings has the potential to significantly reduce late
diagnosis and delay in treatment. The objective was to determine the feasibility and …

Late diagnosis remains the most important factor related to death due to HIV in the UK. To
reduce late diagnosis, the British HIV Association (BHIVA), the British Association for Sexual …

A survey of HIV testing practices among registrars of all admitting specialties within Sheffield
Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust was performed in 2007. Respondents …

Up to 33% of HIV-infected adults in the UK remain undiagnosed and efforts to increase HIV
testing are underway. HIV testing was conducted amongst individuals presenting to a …