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HCV Action good practice film: CQUIN scheme in the East Midlands
This HCV Action good practice film looks at the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) scheme which was established in the East Midlands in 2009. Running until 2013, the scheme rewarded local treating hospitals for sharing their data on the treatment adherence and sustained virological response (SVR) rates of their patients, and was extremely successful in highlighting, for example, where additional resources or focus were required. Despite ending in 2013, the practices that the scheme encouraged (i.e.UK, England, East Midlands Nov 2014 Case study Video -
HCV Action good practice film: Nurse-led hepatitis C testing and treatment at Brownlow Health Practice, Liverpool
In this good practice film, HCV Action interviews Jayne Wilkie, Hepatitis C Community Nurse, and Dr Diane Exley from the Brownlow Health Practice in Liverpool. Brownlow Health's unique primary care model of testing, diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis C through a Hepatitis C Community Nurse has led to significant positive outcomes locally. In particular, diagnoses have been increased, do not attends reduced, treatment initiations increased, and the burden has been eased on secondary and tertiary services in Liverpool.UK, England, North West Sep 2014 Case study Video -
HCV Action good practice film: The Hepatitis C Trust Testing Van
Jim Conneely, Outreach Officer at The Hepatitis C Trust, talks to HCV Action about his work on the testing van, raising awareness of hepatitis C and testing hard-to-reach groups. A local peer support worker, Basil Turner at Groundswell, also discusses the way in which his services link up with Jim's testing van, and a service user talks through his experiences.UK May 2014 Case study Video -
HCV Action good practice film: The Hepatitis C Trust's Peer to Peer service
In this good practice film, HCV Action interviews Archie Christian and Emma Ward from The Hepatitis C Trust about the hugely successful Peer to Peer service that they provide. The service primarily visits drugs services, and provides informal education and awareness sessions on hepatitis C to at-risk groups and drugs service staff. The film provides an overview of why the service was established; how it is delivered, and what results it has achieved since being set up in 2010.UK, Greater London Sep 2014 Case study Video -
HCV Action Shared Practice Case Study, Nottingham: Treatment of HCV infected patients attending a primary care shared care substance misuse clinic with pegylated interferon and ribavirinThis document provides a case study of a nurse-led secondary care HCV treatment clinic which was set up in 2005 within a primary care drug treatment clinic in order to improve access to treatment for a group of disadvantaged HCV patients. It details the programme's key processes, outputs, outcomes and learning points for the future.East Midlands Jan 2013 Case study MS Word
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HCV Shared Practice: Nurse-led BBV testing and support at Telford Drug and Alcohol Recovery service
This document provides a case study of a Local Authority service in Shropshire, in which nurses within a drug and alcohol recovery service team are employed by the Shropshire Community Health Trust whilst working alongside the Local Authority staff to provide the health element of the service. It details the processes, outputs, outcomes and key considerations of a project aiming to improve awareness of HCV, improve uptake of HCV testing and hepatitis B vaccinations among at-risk recovery service clients, improve referral rates to secondary care and decrease 'did not attends' (DNAs).West Midlands Feb 2013 Case study MS Word -
Hepatitis C Commissioning Toolkit
The Hepatitis C Commissioning Toolkit, originally published in September 2013 and most recently updated in September 2018, outlines the importance of effective commissioning in eliminating hepatitis C and sets out key commissioning responsibilities, with the intention of bringing clarity to an often highly fragmented commissioning landscape.England Case study, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Hepatitis C in Greater Manchester: Report on the Decision Model for Changing Care Pathways
The population of Greater Manchester has amongst the highest prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the UK, and the associated health problems are escalating. And yet, at the time of writing HCV services in Greater Manchester did not meet the population need. In order to overcome these shortfalls, this document sets out a proposal that has been put to Greater Manchester PCTs toNorth West 2008 Case study, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
HMP Kirkham pathway for clients at risk of hep C and testing positive for hep C
A case study from HMP Kirkham describing the hepatitis C pathway for prisoners, ensuring access to Hep C screening, treatment and ongoing community and medical support.
North West Oct 2013 Case study MS Word -
HMP Kirkham: Treating hepatitis C in prison
In this good practice case study, HCV Action visits the hepatitis C service at HMP Kirkham in Lancashire. Natalie Robinson and Alexandra Robson from the healthcare team at HMP Kirkham emphasise the importance and effectiveness of their opt-out testing system, whereby everybody at the prison is offered and strongly encouraged to undergo screening for hepatitis C. Natalie and Alexandra stress the benefits of testing in enabling health promotion around the prevention of hepatitis C.North West May 2014 Case study Video