HIV tests for GPs' new patients could save lives and money, says study

Researchers find fourfold increase in diagnosis rate when testing carried out as part of surgeries' registration health check

Offering routine HIV tests to people when they register with new GP surgeries in high-risk areas is cost-effective and could save lives, a study has shown.

The researchers are calling for HIV screening to be introduced in all 74 local authorities in England with high rates of infection with the virus.