Late Diagnosis of HIV in your area: Email your PCT!

It’s been nearly 30 years since the first case of HIV in the UK, and the implications of being diagnosed with the virus have changed a lot in that time.  There is still no cure, but treatments now enable people to live long and productive lives, if diagnosed at the right time. 

However, an average of 31% of people with HIV are diagnosed late.  Late diagnosis means that a person’s immune system has already been damaged, and this can make it harder to treat the virus, and can shorten their life significantly.  They are also more likely to be putting others at risk because they do not know they are infected.  To find out more about late diagnosis of HIV in England, please click here.

You can also find out about the number of people with HIV and the percentage of people diagnosed late in your area by entering your postcode here.

We're asking you to write to your PCT and encourage them to work on diagnosing less people with HIV late, helping them to stay healthy for longer.  Please fill in your details below to bring up a template email to send to your PCT, which is personalised depending on the number of people with HIV and the percentage of people diagnosed late in your area.