HIV Infection
(asked on 18th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects home testing HIV kits to become available for use throughout the UK.
This question was answered on 21st November 2014
The Department removed the ban on the sale of HIV self-testing kits in April 2014. Before HIV self-testing kits can be placed on the European market they must meet the quality and safety requirements of the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices European Union Directive. While HIV home sampling kits are already available for use throughout the United Kingdom, we are not aware that any HIV self-testing kits meet these requirements yet.