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This note presents infection and diagnosis trends for HIV in the UK, and discusses whether policies for HIV testing, education and prevention reflect these changing patterns. It points out that HIV and AIDS are one of the four most expensive areas of infectious disease, costing the National Health Service £400m million per year for treatment alone. New HIV diagnoses in the UK continue to rise. Men who have sex with men remain at most risk of contracting HIV but diagnoses are also particularly concentrated among Black Africans. UK-born heterosexuals are also at increasing risk.