Consultation outcome

Management of HIV-infected healthcare workers

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
1 December 2011
Last updated
15 August 2013 — See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

The management of HIV-infected healthcare workers

PDF, 178 KB, 39 pages

Detail of outcome

The people who responded to the consultation generally agreed with the changes recommended. The department concluded that the guidance on the management of healthcare workers with HIV should be revised. As a result healthcare workers with HIV will carry out certain surgical and dental procedures if they are on effective treatment, have very low or undetectable levels of HIV in the blood, and are regularly monitored by both their treating and occupational health physicians. The new arrangements are expected to come into effect in 2014.

Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on recommended changes to the current policy on HIV-infected healthcare workers.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

Department of Health guidance currently restricts healthcare workers infected with HIV from performing invasive clinical procedures, known as exposure prone procedures.

This consultation asks for your views on recommendations from an independent tripartite working group to relax the restrictions on HIV-infected healthcare workers if certain conditions are met.

The tripartite working group consists of experts including chairs and members of the:

  • Expert Advisory Group on AIDS
  • UK Advisory Panel for Healthcare Workers Infected with Blood-borne Viruses
  • Advisory Group on Hepatitis

Documents

Management of HIV-infected healthcare workers: consultation document

PDF, 136 KB, 31 pages

Management of HIV-infected healthcare workers: equality analysis

PDF, 116 KB, 14 pages

Management of HIV-infected healthcare workers: impact assessment

PDF, 1.41 MB, 17 pages

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Updates to this page

Published 1 December 2011
Last updated 15 August 2013 + show all updates

  1. Updated to include consultation outcome

  2. First published.

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