{"id":14505,"date":"2018-03-22T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=14505"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:14:55","slug":"where-can-i-test-for-hiv-in-the-uk-and-is-hiv-treatment-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/14505","title":{"rendered":"Where can I test for HIV in the UK and is HIV treatment free?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>HIV testing is free in the UK at any sexual health clinic. Tests are also available in many community setting.<\/p>\n<p>This NHS web page lets you enter a postcode or town to see a list of the closest options.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/Service-Search\/HIV-testing\/LocationSearch\/418\">https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/Service-Search\/HIV-testing\/LocationSearch\/418<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note that results from the above link include a large number of services that charge for testing. As free and confidential HIV testing is so widely available in the UK, there is no need to pay for private HIV testing using these services.<\/p>\n<p>The free services can also check for other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and treatment is also free, including for HIV.<\/p>\n<p>If you are HIV positive, HIV treatment and monitoring is free to everyone in the UK. This is irrespective of UK residency status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are not officially a UK resident you can still get free HIV treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please contact the THT phoneline (0808 802 1221) for questions about HIV risk or HIV testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Where can I get an HIV test in the UK?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24219,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14505\/revisions\/24219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}