With the Covid-19 outbreak having caused significant disruption to healthcare services, including those for hepatitis C, HCV Action organised a webinar to discuss how services have been affected in different areas across the country and explore how hepatitis C services can most effectively be re-established as we emerge from the early phase of the outbreak. This report provides a summary of the remarks from each of the four speakers and the Q&A which followed.
Hepatitis C Baseline Data Review: Greater Manchester
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As part of the service redesign project the NHS Commissioning Service and the Commissioning Business Service conducted a baseline data review (BDR) of the hospitals in Greater Manchester that were treating hepatitis C patients. At the time of the audit (March
2008) there were three hospitals that managed the treatment of patients with Hepatitis C (HCV), in Wiggan, the Pennines and Central Manchester. these were:
The baseline audit was conducted because the information required to build the business case for change in hepatitis C was not readily available from the trusts. A data collection tool was devised by the Hepatitis C programme manager and the CBS. Following discussion with clinicians it was decided that March 2008 would capture a typical months worth of activity and provide sufficient information on which to base
the business case.
