Research and analysis

Understanding HIV testing in England

HIV testing surveillance data in England presented by all settings, demographic characteristics and geographical regions.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 December 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Understanding HIV testing in England: 2025 report

Ref: GOV-19891

HTML

Details

This report:

• describes and evaluates the system of HIV testing in England
• presents existing data on HIV testing by setting, including descriptive statistics outlining the population offered testing, test positivity and regional distribution
• identifies areas to improve current HIV testing offer based on gap analysis and compared to the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines

The data presented in this report relates to England only.

Published 1 December 2025