Question follow-through · 45746
Blood Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend opt out (a) HIV, (b) Hepatitis B and (c) Hepatitis C testing to all patients requiring a blood test in all NHS accident and emergency departments that do not currently o
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend opt out (a) HIV, (b) Hepatitis B and (c) Hepatitis C testing to all patients requiring a blood test in all NHS accident and emergency departments that do not currently o
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
Emergency department opt out testing is currently being offered to all extremely high and high HIV prevalence areas in England until 2026/27. A detailed list of specific sites offering opt-out HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C testing is in the attached t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Domestic Waste: Birmingham
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25 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 44517 on Domestic Waste: Birmingham, when he expects the risk assessment on the potential public health impacts of uncollected waste in Birmingha
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19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received support from the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service in each month since May 2023.
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19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tasks and (b) shifts booked from 1 June 2025 onwards with the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service have been cancelled.
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19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many volunteers are registered with NHS and Care Volunteer Responders service.