Following success at A&E departments in various other regions across the UK, including Birmingham, opt-out testing for HIV and Hepatitis (B and C) was also introduced to Kettering General Hospital (KGH) and Northampton General Hospital (NGH), and has been declared a success by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Following the success of opt-out testing at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the scheme has been expanded to all A&E departments in Birmingham

Opt-out testing for HIV and Hepatitis in the Midlands is already identifying significant numbers of undiagnosed HIV and Hepatitis

After years of campaigning, opt-out testing for HIV and hepatitis has begun in Birmingham emergency departments