"It's excellent to see new HIV diagnoses fall and our continued success in meeting UNAIDS targets, with 98 per cent of people on treatment having suppressed viral loads, meaning they can live healthy lives and cannot pass HIV on to sexual partners,"
"However, we're concerned about poorer testing and treatment outcomes among young people, who are at a crucial stage for establishing healthy sexual behaviours. Early diagnosis can be life-saving, so please get regularly tested if you're sexually active."
New HIV diagnoses in the UK decreased by four per cent from 3,169 in 2023 to 3,043 in 2024. Among gay and bisexual men in England, diagnoses fell almost six per cent from 859 to 810, with ethnic minority men making up 35 per cent of new diagnoses in that group. The largest numerical drop occurred among white men (488 to 461) versus ethnic minority men (290 to 285). PrEP uptake increased annually, and deaths among people with HIV fell by 14 per cent from 751 to 643. Young people aged 15–24 showed the lowest testing and treatment rates, falling seven per cent year on year, and PrEP use remained low among Black African heterosexual women (34.6 per cent) and straight Black African men (36.4 per cent).
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