BHIVA guidance on re-engaging people into HIV care

30 March 2026. Related: Early access, Treatment access.

Simon Collins, HIV i-Base

On 30 March 2026, BHIVA issued new rapid guidance for HIV clinics on how to support people who have disengaged from HIV care, for usually complex reasons. [1]

The 6-page guidance is related to the recently announced government HIV Action Plan. [2]

More than 115,000 people are registered as living with HIV in the UK and up to 12,000 didn’t connect to care for the five years between 2017 and 2022 and roughly 4700 are undiagnosed. People not in care have a higher risk of having advanced HIV with a CD4 <200 copies/mm3 and account for 38% of HIV-related hospitalisations.

The guidance suggest useful protocols and approaches to re-engaging people into care.

Comments and feedback on the guidance are welcomed and can be made online.

References

1. Kate Childs, Hannah Alexander, Memory Sachikonye. BHIVA rapid guidance on re-engagement into HIV care. (30 March 2026).
   https://bhiva.org/rapid-guidance/bhiva-rapid-guidance-on-re-engagement-into-hiv-care (webpage)
   BHIVA rapid guidance on re-engagement into HIV care (PDF download)
2. HIV Action Plan for England: £170m to reduce new diagnoses and re-engage people in care – but are targets achievable? HTB (1 December 2025).
   https://i-base.info/htb/52901