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Caring for people with liver disease: A competence framework for nursing
This competence framework describes the professional standards expected of practitioners when caring for people with liver disease across England. It acts as an essential document for all nurses whatever their clinical background and setting, and has been produced to provide a framework on which skills, knowledge and understanding can be assessed. It is designed to be used not only by nurses but also by other health care professionals working in primary and secondary care who work with people with or at risk from liver disease.UK, England Sep 2015 Other, Training PDF -
Opt-out blood-borne virus test algorithm guidance notes
This document, published by Public Health England, provides guidance to prisons on how the opt-out blood-borne virus testing programme should be implemented; detailing the responsibilities of prison healthcare teams throughout the testing, treatment and release process.UK, England Sep 2015 Other, Training, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Opt-out BBV testing algorithm
This chart, which was produced by Public Health England and which is accompanied by guidance notes, provides information for prison healthcare staff on the process by which the opt-out BBV testing policy should be implemented.UK, England Sep 2015 Other, Training, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Hepatitis C Partnership South West Pilot: Cornwall 1 year update
In 2014, Addaction and The Hepatitis C Trust, with support from AbbVie, launched a unique pilot in the South West of England to encourage and widen access to hepatitis C testing and treatment among people who inject drugs. The initiative includes workforce development, peer-to-peer education and a buddying scheme. This briefing, focusing on work in Cornwall, presents early results from the pilot and sets out the next steps in its delivery.UK, England, South West Sep 2015 Other, Reports & Research PDF -
Summary report: Hepatitis C Good Practice Roadshow, London
This report provides a summary of the good practice hepatitis C roadshow held by HCV Action and Public Health England on 26th June 2015. The roadshow was aimed at sharing good practice around hepatitis C and instigating local action to address the virus. The report includes summaries of the talks and workshops held on the day, as well as suggested next steps to be taken in order to tackle hepatitis C more effectively in the capital.UK, England, Greater London Aug 2015 Other, Reports & Research PDF -
Summary report: National event for early lessons learnt from the opt-out blood-borne virus (BBV) testing policy in prisons
The ‘National event for early lessons learnt from the opt-out Blood-Borne Virus (BBV) testing policy in prisons’ was held on Thursday 21 May 2015 in Birmingham. This event followed on from one held in 2014 to launch the opt-out BBV testing policy which was originally agreed by PHE, National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and NHS England in their first National Partnership Agreement, which was published in 2013 and which committed to providing BBV testing (HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C) for all prisoners in England.England Aug 2015 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Turning Evidence into Practice: Improving access to, and completion of, hepatitis C treatment
This briefing, produced by Public Health England, has practical advice for commissioners and services on improving access to, and completion of, hepatitis C treatment. It provides an overview of the key local issues that local providers and commissioners of drug and hepatitis C treatment should consider when commissioning and delivering services, and contains a series of prompts and examples of good practice.UK, England Jul 2015 Case study, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Clinical Commissioning Policy Statement: Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in patients with cirrhosis
This NHS England policy statement sets out the hepatitis treatments that will be routinely commissioned by NHS England for the treatment of chronic hepatitis in patients with cirrhosis. It also sets out how access to treatments will be organised with the setting up of Operational Delivery Networks from August 2015 and arrangements in the interim.England Jun 2015 Other, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Measuring the impact of the recommendations of the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C - learning from the pilots
In 2011 the London Joint Working Group published 'Tackling the Problem of Hepatitis C, Substance Misuse and Health Inequalities: a Consensus for London'. The document set out a number of recommendations to improve the integration of services in London for people with hepatitis C and a history of using drugs. In 2013 the group aimed to assess the impact of its recommendations by setting up a pilot project in four London boroughs.UK, England, Greater London May 2015 Case study, Other, Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Blood-borne Virus Opt-Out Testing in Prisons: Preliminary Evaluation of Pathfinder Programme: Phase 1, April to September 2014
This Public Health England report highlights the lessons learned from the experience of 11 pathfinder prisons, which will help to identify key factors for successful implementation of the programme across the adult prison estate by the end of 2016-17.
The preliminary data it contains suggests that there has been a near doubling of BBV testing following the introduction of the opt-out testing policy in the 11 pathfinder prisons.UK, England May 2015 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF