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Northern Ireland Hepatitis C Elimination Plan
This Northern Ireland Department of Health and Public Health Agency action plan sets out the approach to eliminating hepatitis C in Northern Ireland by 2025, five years ahead of the World Health Organization 2030 target.Northern Ireland 20 Jan 2021 Reports & Research, Strategy & Planning PDF -
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prevention, testing, diagnosis and care for sexually transmitted infections, HIV and viral hepatitis in England
This Public Health England report covers the findings of analyses of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on sexually transmitted infection (STI), HIV and viral hepatitis service provision and epidemiology. Despite a resurgence in hepatitis C testing and treatment initiations from June 2020, testing and treatment initiations in the summer of 2020 were considerably lower than in corresponding months in 2019. The report notes that "HCV testing through traditional venues may not have reached those in greatest need", describing this is "of particular concern".England 17 Dec 2020 Reports & Research PDF -
Public Health England Hepatitis C in the UK 2020 Report
Public Health England published its annual 'Hepatitis C in the UK' report on 14th December 2020. This is the key national reporting document for hepatitis C and monitors the UK's progress towards its goal of eliminating the virus by 2030. This year's report includes details on the impact of COVID-19 on hepatitis C infection based on available data.UK, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales 14 Dec 2020 Reports & Research PDF -
Summary report: National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Event 2020
Eighteen months on from the start of NHS England’s hepatitis C elimination deal, HCV Action’s annual ODN event, co-hosted with the British Viral Hepatitis Group, explored how the UK has progressed towards elimination. It particularly focused on overcoming the challenges posed by the significant disruption of Covid-19 on healthcare services. This year’s event was held as a half-day webinar due to coronavirus-related restrictions and welcomed 129 participants from almost all ODNs and partner services.England 30 Oct 2020 Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
Webinar: Under-served groups for hepatitis C testing and treatment
This webinar sought to look at how services can provide hepatitis C testing and treatment to people who have been traditionally under-served by health services. This workshop sought to discuss: - Sex workers - Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people - South Asian communities - Migrants For each of these groups, this video features a presentation exploring the general barriers to healthcare that they face and examples of projects which have improved access to healthcare for them along with a Q&A session at the end.UK 22 Oct 2020 Case study, Training, Strategy & Planning Video -
Summary report: Hepatitis C case-finding in under-served groups - October 2020
This report summarises the October 2020 HCV Action webinar on hepatitis C case-finding in under-served groups, which formed part of a week-long series of webinars centred around the National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Event. The webinar focused on four under-served groups in particular: Gypsy, Roma and Travellers; migrants; sex-workers, and the South Asian community. The webinar featured contributions from the following speakers: • Beth Davies – Head of Service and Development (Dorset), EDP Drug & Alcohol Services • Dr Inês Campos-Matos – Head of Migration Health, Public Health EnglandUK 22 Oct 2020 Reports & Research PDF -
Summary Report: Hepatitis C services in Scotland during and beyond the Covid-19 outbreak - August 2020
With the Covid-19 outbreak having caused significant disruption to health services in Scotland, including those for hepatitis C, as well as drug and alcohol services, HCV Action organised a webinar to discuss how services and the drive to elimination in Scotland have been affected. This report provides a summary of the remarks from each of the four speakers and the Q&A which followed.Scotland Case study, Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF -
HCV Action webinar: Hepatitis C services in Scotland during and beyond Covid-19
With the Covid-19 outbreak having caused significant disruption to healthcare services, including those for hepatitis C, this webinar was organised to discuss how services have been affected in Scotland and explore how hepatitis C services can most effectively be re-established as we emerge from the early phase of the outbreak. The webinar featured contributions from the following speakers: Professor John Dillon - Clinical Lead for Blood Borne Viruses, NHS Tayside Leon Wylie - Lead Officer, Hepatitis Scotland Rachel Halford - CEO, The Hepatitis C TrustScotland 05 Aug 2020 Training, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning Video -
HCV Action webinar: Hepatitis C services during and beyond Covid-19
With the Covid-19 outbreak having caused significant disruption to healthcare services, including those for hepatitis C, this webinar was organised to discuss how services have been affected in different areas across England and explore how hepatitis C services can most effectively be re-established as we emerge from the early phase of the outbreak. The webinar featured contributions from the following speakers: • Mark Gillyon-Powell - Head of Programme, HCV Elimination, NHS England & NHS Improvement • Dr Steve Ryder - Chair, HCV Action and Clinical Lead, Nottingham Hepatitis C ODNEngland 22 Jun 2020 Training, Strategy & Planning Video -
Public Health England Hepatitis C in England 2020 Report
Public Health England published its annual 'Hepatitis C in England' report on 30th May 2020. This reporting document monitors the England's progress towards its goal of eliminating the virus by 2030 and contains breakdowns of how testing and treatment are being delivered by service type, demographic and local area. This year's report notes significant increases in treatment availability over the last few years. It also suggests there have been increases in access to treatment for the people who inject drugs.England Reports & Research PDF