Question reference: S5W-00351
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 1 June 2016
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Current status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 June 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people contracted HIV in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
Answer
During 2013, NHS Scotland laboratories reported positive HIV-antibody test results for 354 individuals not previously recorded as HIV-positive in Scotland. During the years 2014, 2015 and from 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016, this figure is 370, 361 and 87 respectively. Data on HIV in Scotland is regularly published on Health Protection Scotland’s website available at: http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/bbvsti/hivandaids.aspx