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Addressing hepatitis C in prisons and other places of detention
A report from The Hepatitis C Trust providing recommendations for hepatitis C healthcare service in prisons and other detention settings in the UK.
UK May 2013 Reports & Research PDF -
NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare for People with Liver Disease
Resource from NHS Liver Care providing area-specific data on liver disease in England.
UK Mar 2013 Reports & Research PDF -
The Hepatitis C Adult Services Commissioning Toolkit
This poster, produced by HCV Action, lays out our toolkit for the commissioning of adult services for hepatitis C patients.England 2013 Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF
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Living Well for Longer: A call to action to reduce avoidable premature mortality
The Living Well for Longer report is focused on challenging and inspiring the health and care system, in its widest sense, to take action to reduce the numbers of people dying prematurely. The Government aims, through this 'call to action' to open up a debate about the challenges we face by establishing a common vision that its stakeholders support.UK Mar 2013 Reports & Research PDF
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Capital Challenge: Tackling Hepatitis C in London
A report from The Hepatitis C Trust outlining the status of hepatitis C and service provision in London.
Greater London Mar 2013 Reports & Research PDF -
Getting it Right: Improving End of Life Care for People Living with Liver Disease
This document from NHS Liver Care outlines the care pathway described in the Department of Health’s End of Life Care Strategy and considers how it can be applied for patients with advanced liver disease.
UK Feb 2013 Strategy & Planning PDF -
Caring for people with liver disease: a competence framework for nursing
This resource from the Royal College of Nursing sets out the professional standards required for nurses to provide quality liver care and improve outcomes.
England Feb 2013 Reports & Research PDF -
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
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Health Protection Report, Vol. 7 No.4
This January 2013 edition of the Health Protection Agency weekly report provides laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C cases in England and Wales, and data from the sentinel surveillance study of hepatitis testing in England, between July and September 2012.England, Wales 25 Jan 2013 Reports & Research PDF
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Hepatitis C: A projection of the healthcare and economic burden in the UK
Hepatitis C is a leading cause of chronic liver disease, end-stage cirrhosis and liver cancer, with the UK lagging behind a number of European countries in disease detection and treatment. This study sought to contribute to better understanding of the burden associated with HCV infection in the UK through estimating prevalence and number of deaths attributable to HCV infection, and by assessing the associated healthcare and societal costs.UK 2013 Reports & Research PDF