Barriers to HIV testing: a survey of GUM clinic attendees.

This article focuses on a study related to barriers to HIV testing. HIV testing forms an important part of the national strategy for sexual health and HIV of British government. It proposes that all genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic patients who are attending for "their first screening for sexually transmitted infections" should be offered an HIV test. During the study despite relatively high rates of offering and uptake of HIV testing, there were disparities between different groups within the population. Some of the more vulnerable groups within the community appeared less likely to be offered HIV testing despite having the same uptake if a test was offered.