The Hepatitis C Coalition is an umbrella group of leading clinicians, patient organisations, professional groups, industry and other interested parties committed to the reduction of morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis C and its eventual elimination. This collaborative strategy builds on the release of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Liver Health's 'Eliminating Hepatitis C in England' report and Public Health England's 'Hepatitis C in England: 2018 Report', with the aim of coordinating action by the key stakeholders involved in delivering elimination.
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Medical professional
Around 216,000 people in the UK are living with hepatitis C so it is important that all medical professionals have access to the latest training, information and advice on hepatitis C management. Find here links to relevant materials for clinicians, nurses, GPs, prison healthcare staff and other medical professionals.
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Signposting the Way to Elimination by 2025
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In Good Health: A Report following the All Party Pharmacy Group’s 2018 Inquiry into Long Term Conditions
The All Party Pharmacy Group, a parliamentary group, held an inquiry into long term conditions in 2018. The Hepatitis C Trust was invited to give evidence as part of the inquiry and this report, produced following the inquiry, highlights the need to increase testing and treatment for hepatitis C in pharmacies. Pharmacy testing for hepatitis C on the Isle of Wight is also featured as a case study.UK Reports & Research PDF -
HCV Action and Public Health England hepatitis C roadshow in Oxford: Presentations
On 7th June 2018, HCV Action and Public Health England (PHE) staged a hepatitis C good practice roadshow in Oxford. The event was designed to showcase and share best practice in the prevention, diagnosis, testing and treatment of hepatitis C, and identify specific issues and potential solutions for tackling hepatitis C in Oxford and the wider South East area.England, South East Other, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Summary report: Hepatitis C good practice roadshow, Oxford - June 2018
This report provides a summary of the good practice hepatitis C roadshow held by HCV Action and Public Health England in Oxford on 7th June 2018. The report includes summaries of the workshops held on the day and attendees' reflections and pledges for action.England, South East Reports & Research PDF -
HCV testing in NSP (Needle and Syringe Provision) Community Pharmacies Pilot (Phase 1)
This report from the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG) provides results from a pilot project providing point of care testing for hepatitis C to people who inject drugs accessing needle and syringe programmes based at community pharmacies in London. Over half of participants tested positive for hepatitis C antibodies and 78% of those engaging with further assessment in secondary care had chronic hepatitis C and were hepatitis C RNA positive.England, Greater London Reports & Research PDF -
Good practice case study: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Homecare treatment delivery
This HCV Action good practice case study focuses on Nottingham University Hospitals Trust's Homecare treatment delivery project. The project offered patients the option to receive treatment for hepatitis C in their own homes. The project proved popular with patients and resulted in a number of benefits to the service compared with delivering treatment in secondary care.UK, England, East Midlands Case study PDF -
United Kingdom drug situation: Focal Point annual report 2017
The UK Focal Point on Drugs' (part of Public Health England) annual report on the United Kingdom drug situation, providing updates for 2017. The report contains details of hepatitis C prevalence and incidence rates among injecting drug users, levels of testing, diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis C and prevention efforts by UK governments.UK Reports & Research PDF -
Good practice case study: ITTREAT (Integrated community-based Test – stage – TREAT)
This HCV Action good practice case study summarises a 4-year Integrated Test-stage and TREAT (ITTREAT) community project in Brighton, where a specialist hepatitis nurse was appointed to lead a ‘one-stop’ holistic hepatitis C service - including testing, assessment of liver scarring, education and treatment - within a community-based substance misuse service.
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Business case template: ITTREAT (Integrated community-based Test – stage – TREAT)
Following a successful 4-year project evaluation in Brighton, the ITTREAT team have produced a commissioning business case template based on their project, intended for use to secure funding for a specialist hepatitis C nurse and develop an integrated community-based hepatitis C service to engage PWID. The template is available for download in word and is designed to be locally amended.
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Hepatitis B/C in the countries of the EU/ EEA: a systematic review of the prevalence among at-risk groups
This 2018 study provides estimates of hepatitis C (and hepatitis B) prevalence among people in prison, men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs (PWID) in countries which are member states of the European Union and European Economic Area. This article has been republished by HCV Action under the terms of the Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/UK, Rest of World Reports & Research PDF