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HIV/AIDS

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many HIV tests in each genitourinary medicine clinic in each London strategic health authority were (a) offered and (b) taken in 2005. [88521]

Caroline Flint: The number of HIV tests offered and taken in the genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics within the London strategic health authorities (SHA) is shown in the table. The dataset used to compile this data was taken from the KC60 return, which is made by all GUM clinics to the health protection agency. Only those tests offered and taken in GUM clinics are recorded in the KC60 return. Testing undertaken in other clinical settings, such as general practice, are not recorded in the dataset.

The data does not represent the number of HIV tests offered and taken up by the population resident within each SHA, as many patients cross health boundaries to access GUM clinics. In addition, the gender and sexual orientation mix varies between clinics. Some clinics are attended by a high number of homosexual and bisexual men and consequently this influences the number of HIV tests offered and taken.

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Numbers of HIV tests offered ( 1) and taken ( 2) in genitourinary medicine clinics ( 3) by SHA, London: 2005 ( 4)
SHA	Clinic name	Offered/tested	2005
North Central London	Archway Sexual Health Clinic	Offered	6,450
		Tested	5,217
	Barnet General Hospital, Clare Simpson House	Offered	3,379
		Tested	2,633
	Moorfields Eye Hospital	Offered	120
		Tested	98
	Mortimer Market Centre	Offered	16,461
		Tested	14,789
	St. Ann’s Hospital	Offered	6,778
		Tested	4,285
	The Royal Free Hospital	Offered	5,787
		Tested	4,870
	Town Clinic	Offered	2,740
		Tested	1,805
North East London	Barking Hospital	Offered	1,446
		Tested	1,439
	Homerton Hospital	Offered	9,086
		Tested	7,713
	John Scott Health Centre	Offered	68
		Tested	67
	Newham General Hospital	Offered	6,255
		Tested	3,598
	Oldchurch Hospital	Offered	604
		Tested	586
	St. Bartholomew's Hospital	Offered	7,752
		Tested	5,283
	The Royal London Hospital	Offered	15,636
		Tested	10,418
	Whipps Cross University Hospital	Offered	1,258
		Tested	1,063
North West London	Central Middlesex Hospital, Patrick Clements Clinic	Offered	7,158
		Tested	5,042
	Charing Cross Hospital	Offered	8,650
		Tested	6,275
	Ealing Hospital, Pasteur Suite	Offered	4,814
		Tested	3,996
	Northwick Park Hospital	Offered	4,783
		Tested	3,586
	St. Mary’s Hospital, Jefferiss Wing	Offered	22,218
		Tested	15,544
	John Hunter Clinic	Offered	9,805
		Tested	7,719
	The Victoria Clinic for HIV and Sexual Health	Offered	8,464
		Tested	7,082
	Tudor Wing, Hillingdon Hospital	Offered	2,468
		Tested	2,037
	West Middlesex University Hospital	Offered	6,776
		Tested	4,924
South East London	Beckenham Hospital	Offered	3,091
		Tested	1,983
	Guy’s Hospital	Offered	5,671
		Tested	4,499
	King’s College Hospital (5)	Offered	19,917
		Tested	9,883
	St. Thomas’s Hospital	Offered	13,138
		Tested	9,907
	Trafalgar Clinic	Offered	5,805
		Tested	4,268
South West London	Kingston Hospital	Offered	6,196
		Tested	4,850
	Mayday University Hospital	Offered	9,849
		Tested	6,456
	Queen Mary’s University Hospital	Offered	5,172
		Tested	3,091
	St. George’s Hospital	Offered	17,210
		Tested	11,809
	St. Helier Hospital	Offered	4,520
		Tested	2,367
(1) Offered defined as KC60 codes S2 (HIV antibody test and sexual health screen) + P1A (HIV antibody test no sexual health screen) + P1B (HIV antibody test offered and refused). (2) Test taken defined as S2 + P1A. (3) The following genitourinary medicine clinics appear under different names to those used in 2004: - Barnet General Hospital, Clare Simpson House was previously Clare Simpson House; - Barking Hospital was previously Sydenham Centre; - Whipps Cross University Hospital was previously Forest Healthcare; - The Victoria Clinic for HIV and Sexual Health was previously South Westminster Centre; - Guy’s Hospital was previously Lloyd Clinic; and - St. George’s Hospital was previous the Courtyard Clinic. (4) Data for 2005 is provisional. (5) King’s College hospital does not collect information for code 52. Source: Health Protection Agency

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people tested HIV positive in each London borough in each year since 1997; [87327]

(2) how many people have been diagnosed as having AIDS in each London borough since 1997. [87505]

Caroline Flint: The information requested is available by strategic health authority (SHA) and is shown in following tables one and two.

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Table 1: Individuals diagnosed with HIV in London: by year of diagnosis and London SHA( 1) . Data to the end of June 2006.
SHA	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006( 2)	Total
North West London	675	613	566	656	794	864	888	921	885	193	7,055
North Central London	492	478	507	537	618	674	745	660	694	222	5,627
North East London	181	190	255	389	449	380	530	537	545	120	3,576
South East London	287	367	490	515	662	772	765	740	716	122	5,436
South West London	102	121	155	230	252	290	347	348	291	104	2,240
Total(3)	1,739	1,771	1,976	2,329	2,778	2,990	3,278	3,207	3,132	761	23,961
(1) April 2002 national health service geography. (2) Reports received to the end of June 2006. (3) Includes 27 individuals who were diagnosed with AIDS in London with SHA unknown. Source: Health Protection Agency

Table 2: Individuals diagnosed with AIDS in London: by year of AIDS diagnosis and London SHA( 1) . Data to the end of June 2006.
SHA	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006( 2)	Total
North West London	231	161	125	109	88	85	79	53	46	12	989
North Central London	162	113	75	107	65	46	51	56	33	8	716
North East London	61	41	78	65	43	63	57	67	46	5	526
South East London	113	101	84	106	98	119	111	64	72	6	874
South West London	66	49	40	58	58	56	57	49	39	19	491
Total(3)	634	466	403	446	352	369	356	289	236	50	3,601
(1) April 2002 NHS geography. (2) Reports received to the end of June 2006. (3) Includes five individuals who were diagnosed with AIDS in London with SHA unknown. Source: Health Protection Agency

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