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.