Government publishes new HIV Action Plan for England

Source: Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, UKHSA, 1 December 2025

The HIV Action Plan 2025 to 2030 sets out how the government will enable the healthcare system to reach the ambition of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030. The plan focuses on 5 core priorities: Prevent, test, treat, Thrive, and Collaborate. A £170 million package includes a national programme for reengagement in care, continuation of the hugely successful emergency department opt-out BBV testing scheme and much needed support for workforce development.

Ending HIV transmission is a national priority, set out in the Government’s manifesto and 10 Year Health Plan, and is backed by cross-government and cross-party support. This ambition will be supported by the 3 major shifts our health system needs, and which we are delivering: from hospital to community, from treatment to prevention, and from analogue to digital.

This plan has been developed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), in partnership with UKHSA and NHS England, and informed through extensive engagement with other government departments, local government, voluntary and community sector partners, sexual health stakeholders and people with lived experience. We know that change is possible. Indeed, incredible progress has already been made – UKHSA has provisionally estimated that in 2024 the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets were once again achieved in England with 95% of all adults living with HIV diagnosed, 99% of adults diagnosed receiving treatment, and 98% of adults on treatment having suppressed viral loads. This is a phenomenal achievement but we know there is still more to be done.

This plan turns commitment and ambition into action, and progress into lasting impact. It is built on partnership, robust evidence and lived experience. Building on the listening exercise for the 10 Year Health Plan, we have incorporated the voices of over 250 key system partners at multiple roundtables – including representatives from industry, primary care, local government, charities and people living with HIV – alongside engagement sessions involving more than 60 VCS representatives. Delivery will require the combined efforts, commitment and innovation of all the people and organisations who have contributed to the development of this plan and the government will work in partnership to turn our shared ambitions into reality.