HIV Infection: Drugs

(asked on 15th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement by NHS England of 4 December 2016 for a large scale clinical trial of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, what (a) his estimate is of the total number of people judged to be at high risk of HIV transmission and (b) steps he plans to take in the event that more people seek access to the trial than the 10,000 planned participants announced.


This question was answered on 20th December 2016

Based on data covering HIV testing and sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men using genito-urinary medicine services, Public Health England has estimated the number at risk of HIV transmission to be around 13,000. The role of the clinical trial is to improve estimates of clinical need.

The clinical trial protocol is being finalised which will confirm the number of people who can be enrolled.

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