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Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough
Published in March 2020, this report from The King's Fund on health and care for people who sleep rough focusses on reducing barriers people face to accessing healthcare services and on commissioning appropriate services. The report argues that to improve health outcomes for people sleeping rough we need local authorities to team up with charities and community services; we need both a population health approach and a place-based approach; we need co-production with people with lived experience of sleeping rough; and we need staff working with this group to be properly recruited and supported.UK Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Routemap to eliminating hepatitis C in London: The Opportunity
On 2nd March 2020, the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG) launched a 'Routemap to eliminating hepatitis C in London'. This document sets out the opportunities for improving hepatitis C care in London, based around five pillars of improvement: reducing stigma; engaging people who are under-served by traditional health systems; working with GPs to find the undiagnosed; reducing pathway attrition; aligning hepatitis C and HIV public health efforts.UK, Greater London Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Evaluation of HepCATT intervention in primary care services
A new study published this week in the British Journal of General Practice looked at a randomised control trial run in 45 primary care practices in south west England called the Hepatitis C Assessment Through to Treatment (HepCATT). The intervention aimed to increase case-finding, testing, and treatment of HCV through various initiatives in primary care, such as learning resources for staff, leaflets and information for patients, and software identifying patients with risk factors for hepatitis C infection.UK, South West Reports & Research PDF -
Infected Blood Inquiry expert report on psychosocial issues
In February 2020, the Infected Blood Inquiry published this expert report on psychosocial issues resulting from being infected by hepatitis C, HIV and hepatitis B through contaminated blood on the NHS in the 1980s and 90s.UK Reports & Research PDF -
Good practice case study: Intensive testing at HMP Low Newton
This good practice case study explores how HMP Low Newton micro-eliminated hepatitis C by running an intensive testing weekend in January 2020 which had a phenomenal 99.3% uptake rate.UK Case study PDF -
Infected Blood Inquiry expert report on hepatitis
In February 2020, the Infected Blood Inquiry published this expert report on hepatitis, covering all types of blood-borne viral hepatitis (predominantly hepatitis B and hepatitis C).UK Reports & Research PDF -
Leave No One Behind: Engaging and empowering people in hepatitis C care and treatment through peer support
This report provides an overview of The Hepatitis C Trust's peer-to-peer support work, outlining the various ways the charity's peers supports people at risk of or living with hepatitis C, detailing the results the peer project has achieved and explaining challenges that have been overcome in delivering the programme.UK 30 Jan 2020 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
The Hepatitis C Trust: Peer-to-peer programme
This video provides an overview of The Hepatitis C Trust's peer-to-peer support work, which involves staff and volunteer peers with lived experience of hepatitis C providing support to those at risk of and living with hepatitis C, raising awareness and supporting access to testing and treatment.UK 30 Jan 2020 Training, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning Video -
One Recovery Bucks BBV Pathway
This best practice resource details the One Recovery Bucks blood borne virus pathway implemented in 2016. The pathway, involving partnership working with the local NHS Trust is much simpler than the previous pathway and is all completed ‘in-house’ at the One Recovery Bucks community drug and alcohol service. The new pathway has resulted in an increase in those who test positive advancing to access treatment from 18% to over 90%.UK 10 Jan 2020 Tools & Templates PDF -
Good practice case study: One Recovery Bucks BBV Pathway
This good practice case study focuses on the One Recovery Bucks drugs service BBV pathway. Implementation of the pathway has seen the proportion of patients who test positive for hepatitis C going on to access treatment increase from 18% to over 90%.UK 10 Jan 2020 Case study PDF