This report summarises the October 2020 HCV Action webinar on hepatitis C case-finding in under-served groups, which formed part of a week-long series of webinars centred around the National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Event.
The webinar focused on four under-served groups in particular: Gypsy, Roma and Travellers; migrants; sex-workers, and the South Asian community.
The webinar featured contributions from the following speakers:
• Beth Davies – Head of Service and Development (Dorset), EDP Drug & Alcohol Services
• Dr Inês Campos-Matos – Head of Migration Health, Public Health England
Guidance on Contingency Planning for People who use Drugs and COVID-19: Version 2.0
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This Scottish Drugs Forum-produced guidance is aimed at those planning and designing services as well as those managing and delivering services for people who use drugs, in particular those people on opioid substitution therapy (OST) and people who inject drugs. The guidance includes a section on blood borne virus (BBV) testing, noting that "all delayed BBV results from dry blood spot tests must be proactively followed up in a timely manner once COVID-19 related restrictions allow".
