Resources

This report provides a summary of the good practice hepatitis C roadshow held by HCV Action and Public Health Wales in Cardiff on 8th December 2017. The roadshows are a series of events aiming to bring together professionals working with hepatitis C in a variety of contexts, identify challenges and solutions for tackling hepatitis C locally, and showcase and share examples of good practice in prevention, testing, and treatment. The report includes summaries of the talks and workshops held on the day and attendees' reflections on the day.

This resource, produced by Public Health England, provides an annual update on infections among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in the UK. The report reveals that hepatitis C remains the most common blood-borne infection among PWIDs, and that approximately half (48%) of hepatitis C infections among PWIDs remain undiagnosed. Of those who were unaware of their infection, 22% reported that they had never been tested, and of those unaware but tested, 44% reported that their last test had been more than two years earlier.

This report provides a summary of the Lancashire & South Cumbria ODN Workshop held by HCV Action, in partnership with the ODN, in Preston on 11th October 2017. The workshop brought together a range of stakeholders working across the hepatitis C pathway in the Lancashire & South Cumbria ODN region, with the aim of discussing some of the barriers faced by the ODN, as well as providing a forum in which to develop solutions to some of these challenges. The report includes summaries of the day's talks and group discussion, as well as suggested next steps to be taken following the event.

This report, from the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C, examines barriers to data collection and onward referral to specialist hepatitis C services for people who inject drugs in London.