Rise in new HIV diagnoses in England puts 2030 zero transmission target ‘at risk’

The achievable goal of ending new transmissions of HIV by 2030 is “at risk” experts say, after new figures revealed the number of new HIV diagnoses in England has increased.

New data from UKHSA published on Tuesday (1 October) shows HIV diagnoses first made in England – so excluding those previously diagnosed abroad – increased by 15 per cent from 2,451 in 2022 to 2,810 in 2023.

Overall – so including diagnoses first made abroad – there were 6,008 HIV diagnoses in England in 2023, a rise of 51 per cent from 2022 when there were 3,975 diagnoses and up 56 per cent from 3,859 in 2019.

The goal to end new transmissions of HIV by 2030 was set by the HIV Commission in 2019, with chair Dame Inga Beale saying at the time

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