This report summarises the presentations and discussions from the HCV Action webinar, 'Hepatitis C in the justice system - going beyond prisons', held on Friday 23rd October as part of the National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Webinar series. The event focused in particular on providing support around hepatitis C for those making the transition from prison to the community.
Workshop webinar: Hepatitis C in the justice system - going beyond prisons
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This is a recording of a webinar covering initiatives to test and treat people for hepatitis C in contact with the justice system in England, held on the 23rd October 2020.
Previous events and initiatives in this area have aimed to support people in prisons. Whilst this is important and continues, this webinar focused on new initiatives for people in contact with other areas of the justice system, such as probation services.
The webinar featured 3 talks:
Overview of projects planned in probation services – Georgia Threadgold, Improvement & Delivery Manager – Hepatitis C Elimination, NHS England
The Hepatitis C Trust prison to community peer project – Colin Lawton, Northern Regional Lead (Prison) and Carrie Richardson, Northern Regional Lead (Community), The Hepatitis C Trust
Probation service perspective on hepatitis – Mary Kelly, Acting Head of South East Lancashire cluster, National Probation Service/HMPPS
After these talks, attendees went into breakout groups to discuss work in the justice system in more detail. This recording covers the breakout group leaders feeding back the highlights of these discussions.
