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Guidance on Contingency Planning for People who use Drugs and COVID-19: Version 2.0
This Scottish Drugs Forum-produced guidance is aimed at those planning and designing services as well as those managing and delivering services for people who use drugs, in particular those people on opioid substitution therapy (OST) and people who inject drugs. The guidance includes a section on blood borne virus (BBV) testing, noting that "all delayed BBV results from dry blood spot tests must be proactively followed up in a timely manner once COVID-19 related restrictions allow".Scotland 13 May 2020 Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Staying Alive in Scotland: Strategies to Prevent Drug Deaths
This updated toolkit, a partnership between the Scottish Government and Scottish Drugs Forum, updates the original report produced three years ago. The resource notes that DAA treatments for hepatitis C provide an opportunity to prevent drug-related deaths, but that opportunities to test for hepatitis C are being missed.Scotland 20 Dec 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Scotland’s Hepatitis C Action Plan: Achievements of the First Decade and Proposals for a Scottish Government Strategy (2019) for the Elimination of both Infection and Disease
This report reflects on how the Scottish Government's Hepatitis C Action Plan was established and what it has achieved a decade after its launch. It also reflects on changing Government policy over this time and sets out future policy to achieve the elimination of hepatitis C.Scotland 31 Jul 2019 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Hepatitis C: interventions for patient case-finding and linkage to care
Published in July 2019 this review summarizes the evidence for interventions to increase case-finding and linkage to care for hepatitis C-infected patients, in order to support commissioning and provision of evidence-based interventions as part of efforts to achieve hepatitis C (HCV) elimination as a major public health threat in the UK.UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales 30 Jul 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Surveillance of hepatitis C testing, diagnosis and treatment in Scotland, 2019 update
This Health Protection Scotland report outlines that there were 1,423 new diagnoses of hepatitis C antibody-positivity in Scotland in 2018, the lowest number of new hepatitis C antibody diagnoses in Scotland since 1996. It is estimated that approximately 21,000 individuals were living with chronic hepatitis C infection in Scotland by the end of 2018 and approximately 10,500 of these have been diagnosed. A total of 2,609 individuals were initiated onto hepatitis C treatment during financial year 2018/19.Scotland 23 Jul 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Evalution of injecting equipment providing services in NHS Tayside
The Scottish Drugs Forum and Hepatitis Scotland carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of injecting equipment providing services, noting barriers and recommendations to Tayside NHS. The report includes information on the provision of hepatitis C testing at injecting equipment providing services.UK, Scotland 14 Mar 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
Scotland: Report of the National Short Life Working Group (SLWG) on Hepatitis C Virus Case Finding and Access to Care
Following a request by the Scottish Government, a short life working group (SLWG) was convened and commissioned to develop recommendations on improvements in case-finding and treatment for hepatitis C in Scotland. The remit of the group was to review evidence and agree recommendations on four key topic areas: awareness-raising, case-finding, novel approaches to testing, and access to care. This report describes the methodology, key findings, and recommendations of the SLWG.Scotland 31 Jan 2019 Reports & Research PDF -
HCV Action roadshow "Tackling Hepatitis C in Scottish Prisons", Glasgow: Presentations
On 6th December 2018, HCV Action held a roadshow in Glasgow focused on tackling hepatitis C in prisons. The event was attended by prison healthcare staff, public health professionals, third sector staff working with prisons or BBVs, and patients. Slides presented on the day are enclosed.Scotland 20 Dec 2018 Tools & Templates PDF -
Summary report: Tackling hepatitis C in Scottish prisons, Glasgow - December 2018
This report provides a summary of the hepatitis C good practice roadshow focused on prisons held by HCV Action in Glasgow on 6th December 2018. The event was attended by prison healthcare staff, public health professionals, third sector staff working with prisons or BBVs, and patients. The report includes summaries of the presentations and discussions held on the day.Scotland 18 Dec 2018 Reports & Research PDF -
Preventative Action and Public Health
This report from Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee follows an inquiry into preventative action and public health. The report highlights the importance of testing and early treatment for hepatitis C, reports that the National Screening Committee is currently considering introducing screening for hepatitis C for pregnant women and notes that opt-out blood borne virus (BBV) testing for new prisoners in Scotland is being discussed with NHS Boards and the Scottish Prison Service.Scotland 12 Nov 2018 Reports & Research PDF