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The prevalence of both HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) are higher in prisons than in the general population. Unfortunately, testing rates in prisons are low, and as such, ex-prisoners may represent an undiagnosed pool of infection. Lambeth has the highest rate of HIV in the UK and represents 28% of HIV infections in London. Furthermore, in 2009, Brixton Prison estimated that …
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Funding This programme has been supported with an educational grant via the Gilead UK and Ireland Fellowship Programme.
Competing interests None.
Ethics approval This study did not require ethical approval as the local ethics committee felt that it was service evaluation rather than basic research. This is because HIV testing already occurs locally and at the centre.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.