Tests for
everyone.
These tests and vaccines are not counted from an encounter and do not change with the scenario: they apply to everyone, including people who are not having sex, or only kissing and masturbating. That is why they sit outside the filterable table.
00The baseline
What it covers.
The one-off test for HIV and hepatitis C, checking hepatitis B status, cervical screening if there is a cervix, and the available vaccines.
once
HIV: blood test or rapid test
free and anonymous by law; afterwards repeated according to risk
once
Hepatitis C:
for every adult; afterwards only following blood exposures
If there is a cervix
every 3–5 years
test / Pap test
regional screening programme, regardless of vaccination and of sex
once
vaccine, 2 or 3 doses depending on age
free up to 26 (women) and 18 (men), with no age limit for people living with HIV and, in many regions, for ; beyond that, to be discussed with a doctor
if not already done
once
Hepatitis B: blood test to know whether immunity is there
; not needed with documented anti-HBs ≥10 mIU/mL
once
Hepatitis B vaccine, 3 doses
if not immune
once
Hepatitis A vaccine, 2 doses
if not already immune (an blood test will say)
, travellers, people with liver disease; to be considered with rimming
once
Mpox vaccine, 2 doses
, trans/ people with multiple partners, sex work, chemsex, recent
The HIV test is free and anonymous by law. Free vaccine provision varies from region to region: the local or a vaccination centre can say what the entitlement is.