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 Trust
Face It: Hepatitis C Best Practice - Developing a local hepatitis C strategy
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Dr Erika Duffell, Consultant in Health Protection at Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit (HPU) led a project on behalf of the local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to improve services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C in Greater Manchester. A steering group produced a comprehensive needs assessment and evidence-based strategy, which convinced PCT commissioners to invest in services. So far, the programme has led to the development of outreach clinics in local drug services, the recruitment of extra medical and nursing staff to treat
patients, new testing methods for drug users and the formation of a local prevention network and research team to improve prevention services. This document provides a description of the project.
