Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards are currently meeting the (a) NHS England service specification for adult specialised HIV services and (b) British HIV Association (BHIVA) Standards of Care for People Living with HIV.

In April 2024, NHS England published the updated national Service Specification for Adult HIV services, which sets out the mandatory standards of care that National Health Service providers are expected to meet.

It is for integrated care boards, as the responsible commissioners for adult specialised services for people living with HIV, to determine when and how to assess and monitor provider compliance with the service specification.

NHS England would not assess providers against British HIV Association guidelines, although the service specification includes a reference to these guidelines, and commissioners would expect providers to take the guidelines into account when delivering services.