With only three years to go to NHS England's 2025 elimination target, the aim of this HCV Action webinar was to share information about the latest data on hepatitis C, what we can observe about trends from what we already have, and what types of further data collection we need to fill gaps in our current knowledge and guide efforts. It included speakers from NHS England, the UK Health Security Agency, The Hepatitis C Trust, and Hep C U Later.
Hepatitis C in England 2022: short report
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This resource is a shorter version of the full Hepatitis C in England 2022 report from the UK Health Security Agency. The report details that deaths from hepatitis C fell by 35% between 2015 and 2020. The data shows the estimated prevalence of chronic hepatitis C in England has continued to decline to around 81,000 in 2020 (compared to 129,000 in 2015) – a 37% fall in the general population. Provisional data suggests that there has been a 40% decline in people who inject drugs. Deaths due to advanced liver disease related to hepatitis C have also fallen, from 482 in 2015 to 314 in 2020 – exceeding the World Health Organization target for a 10% drop by 2020.
