Public Health England's annual 'Hepatitis C in the UK' report is the key national reporting document for hepatitis C. This is the tenth such report and follows the WHO Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis 2016 to 2021 and the draft action plan for the health sector response to viral hepatitis in the WHO European region. The report is structured to support UK monitoring of the Global Health Sector Strategy goals and summarises the impact of UK action plans to drive down mortality from HCV and reduce the number of new infections.
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Drug services professional
Around half of current injecting drug users will have hepatitis C, although this prevalence rate varies across the country. Find here tools, resources and other relevant documents to help drugs service staff raise awareness of hepatitis C amongst service users, and improve testing and access to care.
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Hepatitis C in the UK 2018 Report
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Signposting the Way to Elimination by 2025
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.England Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning 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 -
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 C in the North West: Annual report 2016
Public Health England's 'Hepatitis C in the North West: Annual report 2016' (published March 2018) provides an update on the epidemiology of heaptitis in the north west of England, benchmarks progress in achieving the recommendations of the 2015 report and makes a series of new recommendations.North West Reports & Research PDF -
Hepatitis C in England 2018 report
The latest Hepatitis C in England report from Public Health England, providing an update on prevention efforts, and testing, diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis C patients in England.England Reports & Research PDF