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Routemap to eliminating hepatitis C in London: The Opportunity
On 2nd March 2020, the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG) launched a 'Routemap to eliminating hepatitis C in London'. This document sets out the opportunities for improving hepatitis C care in London, based around five pillars of improvement: reducing stigma; engaging people who are under-served by traditional health systems; working with GPs to find the undiagnosed; reducing pathway attrition; aligning hepatitis C and HIV public health efforts.UK, Greater London Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Evaluation of HepCATT intervention in primary care services
A new study published this week in the British Journal of General Practice looked at a randomised control trial run in 45 primary care practices in south west England called the Hepatitis C Assessment Through to Treatment (HepCATT). The intervention aimed to increase case-finding, testing, and treatment of HCV through various initiatives in primary care, such as learning resources for staff, leaflets and information for patients, and software identifying patients with risk factors for hepatitis C infection.UK, South West Reports & Research PDF -
Hepatitis C in London: 2019 report
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.England, Greater London 17 Feb 2020 Reports & Research PDF -
Infected Blood Inquiry expert report on psychosocial issues
In February 2020, the Infected Blood Inquiry published this expert report on psychosocial issues resulting from being infected by hepatitis C, HIV and hepatitis B through contaminated blood on the NHS in the 1980s and 90s.UK Reports & Research PDF -
Infected Blood Inquiry expert report on hepatitis
In February 2020, the Infected Blood Inquiry published this expert report on hepatitis, covering all types of blood-borne viral hepatitis (predominantly hepatitis B and hepatitis C).UK Reports & Research PDF -
Leave No One Behind: Engaging and empowering people in hepatitis C care and treatment through peer support
This report provides an overview of The Hepatitis C Trust's peer-to-peer support work, outlining the various ways the charity's peers supports people at risk of or living with hepatitis C, detailing the results the peer project has achieved and explaining challenges that have been overcome in delivering the programme.UK 30 Jan 2020 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Staying Alive in Scotland: Strategies to Prevent Drug Deaths
This updated toolkit, a partnership between the Scottish Government and Scottish Drugs Forum, updates the original report produced three years ago. The resource notes that DAA treatments for hepatitis C provide an opportunity to prevent drug-related deaths, but that opportunities to test for hepatitis C are being missed.Scotland 20 Dec 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK, 2018
This December 2019 update to the Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK, produced by Public Health England, provides updated data to the end of 2018. The report says that there is early evidence for a reduction in chronic hepatitis C prevalence among injecting drug users, but that rates of new infection are unchanged, including amongst individuals who have recently started injecting.UK 20 Dec 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
World Hepatitis Day 2019: Global Summary Report
The World Hepatitis Alliance has produced a report summarising activity for World Hepatitis Day 2019, including a global map of activity and regional reports.Rest of World 19 Dec 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
HCV Action good practice roadshow, South East prisons: Presentations
Presentations from speakers at the HCV Action good practice roadshow held in Woking on November 28th 2019 focusing on best practice in testing and treating people with hepatitis C in prisons. Presentations covered good practice from around England as well as a national overview on the hepatitis C elimination deal from the National Lead for Public Health in secure and detained settings.UK, South East 06 Dec 2019 Training, Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF