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Treatment Guidance for Patients with Hepatitis C in Greater Manchester
This document provides guidance on treatment for patients with Hepatitis C in Greater Manchester. It defines responses to treatment, runs through treatment protocols, types of treatment for various kinds of patient, and protocols for managing treatment side effects.North West 04 Nov 2010 Reports & Research, Tools & Templates PDF -
Teaching and Training for Hepatitis C Consultants (2009)
This project aimed to determine the training and knowledge requirements of consultants wishing to specialise in the treatment of Hepatitis C (HCV). It provides a series of recommendations for the development of appropriate training and resources to support the continued growth of the specialism. These recommendations are based on feedback obtained from semi-structured interviews undertaken with consultantsNorth West 04 Nov 2010 Training, Reports & Research, Tools & Templates PDF -
Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Communications Strategy 2008-13
The Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Steering Group was set up to improve local services for people with hepatitis C. This group undertook a health needs assessment in 2006 that estimated between 10,000 and 22,000 cases of hepatitis C across Greater Manchester. The main factor for this high prevalence is the high number of injecting drug users in the area with local laboratory data suggesting that many of those with hepatitis C are undiagnosed. The steering group set up a Hepatitis C Strategy to tackle this, focused on four key areas of prevention, testing, treatment and surveillance.North West 04 Nov 2010 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Blood Borne Viral Hepatitis Action Plan for Wales 2010-2015
This document sets out the WAG blood borne viral hepatitis action plan for Wales for the period April 2010 - April 2015. It is proposed that during this period, services in Wales will be continually re-evaluated and markers of success (reduction in transmission rates and significant increases in numbers diagnosed and treated) and barriers to progress identified. Further action to tackle chronic HBV and HCV in Wales will be identified for action from 2015. This action plan aims to provide a clear, costed and time defined framework for the planning and provision of key services in Wales.Wales Feb 2010 Reports & Research PDF -
The NHS Outcomes Framework 2011/12
The Government’s plans for reform across the NHS, public health and adult social care are designed to enable services to deliver improved outcomes. The cornerstone will be a framework of accountability that focuses squarely on how well services are improving outcomes for people. For the NHS, this begins with accountability at a national level focused on health outcomes. An NHS Outcomes Framework was developed to provide national level accountability for the outcomes that the NHS delivers. This document sets out the first NHS Outcomes Framework.England 2010 Reports & Research PDF -
Diagnosing viral hepatitis in the community: A 3-month pharmacy testing pilot
This document sets out the findings of a 3 month pharmacy testing pilot.England Jan 2010 Case study, Reports & Research PDF -
Characteristics of an ideal Hepatitis C service - summary paper
In this paper Siobhan Fahey, the Greater Manchester Programme lead for Hepatitis C, and Julie Cunningham, commissioning manager within the Commissioning Business Service (CBS), review the processes undertaken in engaging with stakeholder groups during the Greater Manchester HCV strategy. Stakeholder groups were given the opportunity to comment on what they thought were the key characteristics of an ideal Hepatitis C service in relation to the various parts of the care pathway.North West Jan 2010 Case study, Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Hepatitis C: Increasing Awareness and Improving Access to Testing for the South Asian Community in Bedford
In the United Kingdom (UK), the majority of individuals infected with Hepatitis C are past or present injecting drug users. However, there is a higher than average HCV prevalence among the South Asian community compared with the general population in the UK. For instance, the Pakistani community has been noted as having a greater than 2% prevalence of HCV, despite the majority of them never having injected drugs.East of England 2010 Reports & Research PDF -
Hepatitis C: Increasing Awareness and Improving Access to Testing for the South Asian Community in BedfordIn the United Kingdom (UK), the majority of individuals infected with Hepatitis C are past or present injecting drug users. However, there is a higher than average HCV prevalence among the South Asian community compared with the general population in the UK. For instance, the Pakistani community has been noted as having a greater than 2% prevalence of HCV, despite the majority of them never having injected drugs.East of England 2010 Reports & Research PDF
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Tattooing and the risk of transmission of hepatitis C: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This systematic literature review seeks to determine whether tattooing is a risk factor for the transmission of hepatitis C. A comprehensive search was performed to identify all case-control, cohort or cross sectional studies published prior to November 2008 that evaluated risks related to tattooing or risk factors of transmission of hepatitis C infection. A total of 124 studies were included in this systematic review, of which 83 were included in themeta-analysis.UK, Rest of World 2010 Reports & Research PDF