You may find yourself being asked at your next blood test appointment if you would like a HIV test as part of the bloods you are having. In case you are wondering why, this is part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness for everyone of their own HIV status, it is not designed to target one specific group of patients, everyone is being invited to have one.
For more information on HIV awareness and testing please view the links below:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/blog/a-routine-blood-test-not-only-changed-annes-life-but-saved-it
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids
If you are of African or Caribbean heritage, you can also take advantage of free STI screening with ‘Common Ambition’, at MHC, on the first Thursday of each month.
Details below: