Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the first prime minister to be publicly tested for HIV, in support of National HIV Testing Week. ()

Sir Keir Starmer becomes the first sitting prime minister to take a public HIV test. Joined by Terrence Higgins Trust representatives, the PM took a rapid home test to raise awareness of National HIV Testing Week. The government has committed to ending new HIV cases in England by 2030, with a new HIV Action Plan to be published in summer 2025.

London: Keir Starmer became the first serving UK Prime Minister and G7 leader to take a "public HIV test," the UK Prime Minister's Office shared on Monday. As per a statement issued by the UK PM's Office,

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer became the first serving UK Prime Minister and G7 leader to publicly take an HIV test, marking National HIV Testing Week. He highlighted the importance of testing for awareness and treatment to meet the goal of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030.

Sir Keir Starmer has become the first Western prime minister to take a public HIV test in an effort to remove the stigma that surrounds testing for the virus. Ahead of HIV Testing Week, which starts today (February 10), the Prime Minister took an at-home test at 10 Downing Street alongside soul singer Beverley Knight.

Keir Starmer has taken an HIV test in public as a way to de-stigmatise testing in the UK. The prime minister sat alongside singer and HIV activist Beverley Knight, and Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) chief executive Richard Angell to use the HIV home test kit.