BMJ  2003;326:1066-1067 (17 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7398.1066

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New strategies for increasing the detection of HIV: analysis of routine data

James Read, final year medical student1, S J Winceslaus, consultant in genitourinary medicine2

1 Guy's, King's College, and St Thomas's School of Medicine, London SE5 9RJ, 2 Preston Hall Hospital, Maidstone ME17 7NJ

Correspondence to: S J Winceslaus joseph.winceslaus@mtw-tr.nhs.uk

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Introduction

Despite a gradual increase in the incidence of HIV infection in the United Kingdom over the past decade,1 many people with the infection remain undiagnosed.2 To increase detection, the Department of Health released the first national strategy for sexual health and HIV in July 2001.3 The publication recommended that all people attending genitourinary medicine clinics should be offered an HIV test on their first screening for sexually transmitted infections. Many would agree that this target is impossible to achieve using the prevailing protocol for HIV testing in genitourinary medicine clinics. After consultation with client groups in the Preston Hall clinic, we changed our HIV testing protocol.

Methods and results

In May 2001 we began offering the HIV test to all clients attending the genitourinary medicine clinic instead of only those who were at high risk or who requested it.

To cope with the anticipated increase in HIV testing without greatly increasing the clinic's . . . [Full text of this article]

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