Latent TB Testing for our Patients
The Chelsea Practice is participating in the national Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) testing and treatment programme that aims to reduce TB in England.
Please visit the nhs website to read more about the symptoms of Tuberculosis: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tuberculosis-tb/
People with latent TB infection do not feel sick and do not have any symptoms. The only sign of TB infection is a positive reaction to the tuberculin skin test or TB blood test and the practice is now offering at risk patients the opportunity to be tested for latent TB as well as support patients with a positive result.
TB rates in England remain high and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
If you aged between 16-35 and were born in the following countries or have spent more than 6 months in one of these countries we can offer you a test to identify if you have latent TB:
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
China
China, Macao SAR
Congo
Côte d’Ivoire
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greenland
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Hong Kong SAR, China
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea: Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea: Republic of
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Lao, People’s Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Northern Mariana Islands
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tokelau
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Please call our reception team on 02073497330 and ask for a latent TB test or respond to the text message we have sent you.