A Liverpool MP’s call for HIV testing to become the standard in the city’s A&E departments has been rejected.
Dan Carden MP had written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Health Secretary, Steve Barclay, to ask for the funding necessary for what’s known as ‘opt-out’ testing for HIV at Liverpool’s hospitals, as the city is classed as an area of high HIV prevalence.
The Labour representative for Walton’s campaign - which was backed by Liverpool’s oldest LGBTQ+ charity, Sahir House - aimed to drive down local rates of undiagnosed HIV.
