By Daisy Dooks
In summary
A free, Public Health England-funded online HIV home-sampling service launches, letting gay and bisexual men and Black African men and women aged 16+ order a finger-prick test kit to their door in England.
To complement our drop-in, click and collect and appoint based HIV testing service, there is now a free HIV online home sampling service.
This Public Health England funded service means any gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, and Black African men and women, 16 years and over will be able to order an HIV sampling kit online and have it delivered to your address in England until Jan 1st 2016.
With the kit, a person can take a free, simple finger prick blood test and send it back to a laboratory for results and referral to local confidential clinical and support services should this be required.
The tests can be ordered online from http://www.test.hiv?ref=mesmac