Elton John was honoured at a reception last week hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS at the Speaker’s House today in recognition of his enduring commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic, both personally and through the work of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Victoria Atkins, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care outlined how the UK Government will be expanding the hugely successful NHS opt-out blood-borne virus testing programme for HIV and Hepatitis to 46 new emergency departments across England. Expansion of the programme, from the current 33 sites to every high prevalence area, could identify a significant proportion of the estimated 4,500 people living with undiagnosed HIV, prevent new transmissions and save more lives.
Addressing a packed Speaker’s House, Elton John welcomed the UK Government’s further roll-out of opt-out testing: “My Foundation and partners did a three-year pilot (2018-2021) in the South London boroughs of Lambeth,...
Victoria Atkins, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care outlined how the UK Government will be expanding the hugely successful NHS opt-out blood-borne virus testing programme for HIV and Hepatitis to 46 new emergency departments across England. Expansion of the programme, from the current 33 sites to every high prevalence area, could identify a significant proportion of the estimated 4,500 people living with undiagnosed HIV, prevent new transmissions and save more lives.
Addressing a packed Speaker’s House, Elton John welcomed the UK Government’s further roll-out of opt-out testing: “My Foundation and partners did a three-year pilot (2018-2021) in the South London boroughs of Lambeth,...
- 12/5/2023
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