This report from Public Health England provides an update on the recent epidemiology of hepatitis C in London. Among the report's statistics are an estimate that 63% of people who inject drugs (PWID) in London had ever been infected with hepatitis C in 2018, with 41% of those ever infected having a current hepatitis C infection. It is estimated that 18% of PWID were unaware of their infection (lower than the 35% unaware in England as a whole). In 2017/18, 87% of eligible clients of drug treatment services received a hepatitis C test, a small increase from 86% in 2016/2017.
One Recovery Bucks BBV Pathway
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This best practice resource details the One Recovery Bucks blood borne virus pathway implemented in 2016. The pathway, involving partnership working with the local NHS Trust is much simpler than the previous pathway and is all completed ‘in-house’ at the One Recovery Bucks community drug and alcohol service. The new pathway has resulted in an increase in those who test positive advancing to access treatment from 18% to over 90%.
