This summary reports features key points from the contributions at the 26th March 2021 HCV Action webinar looking at hepatitis C service recovery in England. Speakers at the webinar included: Prof Graham Foster, National Clinical Lead for ODNs, NHS England; Mark Gillyon-Powell, Head of Programme – HCV Elimination, NHS England/NHS Improvement; Stacey Smith, Director of Nursing, Humankind; Colin Lawton, Northern Regional Prison Lead, The Hepatitis C Trust; and Julia Sheehan, Women’s Prisons Peer Coordinator, The Hepatitis C Trust.
HCV Action good practice case study: Addaction's Positive Support Project, Lanarkshire
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This HCV Action good practice case study gives an overview of a successful 'Positive Support' service for hepatitis C patients. Run by Addaction and based in Motherwell, the service provides informed advice, active support and treatment to otherwise isolated people with hepatitis C living in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The case study gives a breakdown of the issues the project aims to address; how the project works, and its outputs and outcomes.
