Rochdale MP encourages people to order free HIV self-testing kit
Tony Lloyd, MP for Rochdale, is encouraging people to get tested as part of national HIV testing week.
A local MP is encouraging people to order a free HIV self-testing kit during lockdown as part of National HIV Testing week.
National HIV Testing Week (February 1 - 7) comes just two months after the national HIV Commission report provided a blueprint to end new cases by 2030.
6,700 people are living with HIV in the UK but remain undiagnosed.
Tony Lloyd, MP for Rochdale, Greater Manchester, said: "HIV does not discriminate and everyone can take action by regular testing and being HIV aware.
"With early detection someone with HIV can expect to live as long as someone who is HIV negative.
"Anyone can order a free HIV self-testing kit.
"HIV and AIDS treatment and outlooks have progressed massively these decades on. The fear and stigma surrounding the early years of HIV/AIDS is powerfully told in a ground-breaking new Channel 4 series, It’s a Sin.
"And it is a sin that the stories of those devastated in those years have largely been untold until now.
"But it is up to us to take that story into a brighter future and end HIV transmissions within this decade.
"Anyone living in England can order a free HIV self-testing kit online from Public Health England. The kit arrives in a plain envelope, and results are available a few days later."
Self-testing kits can be ordered by clicking here.
