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Welcome to the resource library, where you can find strategy, research and examples of promising practice in medicine, commissioning and drug services for hepatitis C

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  • Making Hepatitis C History: A Framework for Elimination
    This document, produced by MSD and advised by expert hepatitis C care providers in the Birmingham area, has been designed as a checklist and a reference guide to support local government and health leaders in outlining and understanding some of the key steps and considerations needed to support the development of locally tailored hepatitis C elimination strategies.
    England, West Midlands 20 Jul 2021 Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF
    Prisons, South Asian Communities, Testing & Diagnosis, Treatment & Care, Awareness & Prevention
  • Lancashire and South Cumbria ODN Clinical Van Outreach Proforma
    A template proforma used by the Lancashire and South Cumbria ODN to coordinate clinical van outreach work with partners including CGL and The Hepatitis C Trust.
    UK 15 Jul 2021 Tools & Templates PDF
    Testing & Diagnosis, Treatment & Care, Awareness & Prevention
  • Poster: Achieving micro-elimination in prisons through High Intensity Test and Treat (HITT) interventions
    This poster was presented at the EASL 2021 online congress in June 2021. The poster details the outcomes of 9 HITTs in prisons in England as well as conclusions drawn for the future.
    UK, England 25 Jun 2021 Case study, Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF
    Prisons
  • Drugs: Policy and Aims - A Manifesto for Scotland
    This document from the Scottish Drugs Forum sets out a 'manifesto' for the group's view on the approach the next Scottish Government should take towards drug policy and tackling Scotland's drugs deaths crisis. Among the recommended steps are that the Government invest in HIV and hepatitis testing for all people who may be at risk through drug use, or who have a history of drug use.
    Scotland 22 Apr 2021 Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF
    Testing & Diagnosis, Awareness & Prevention
  • The Hepatitis C Trust 'Follow Me' prison to community referral form
    This is the referral form for The Hepatitis C Trust's 'Follow Me' programme for patients who are initiating treatment in prison. When a patient in prison is being started on treatment, but may be released during their treatment, health services can use this form to collect details which will be help The Hepatitis C Trust follow-up with the patient if they are released.
    England 01 Dec 2020 Tools & Templates MS Word
    Prisons, Treatment & Care
  • Good practice case study: Prison to community peer support
    This document details the pilot of a prison to community 'Follow Me' project in the North East of England which took place in 2020. The scheme was designed to help support people who left prison during treatment and facilitate effective follow-up and assertive outreach in the community with people once they had been released. It builds on The Hepatitis C Trusts peer support work, which involves a 'Follow Me' programme in which people are supported as they undertake treatment.
    North East, England 01 Dec 2020 Case study, Tools & Templates PDF
    Prisons, Treatment & Care
  • Summary report: Hepatitis C testing in primary care
    This is the summary report of a webinar hosted by HCV Action on testing for hepatitis C in primary care in October 2020. The webinar featured presentations from the HepCATT study team and the team from King's College Hospital who reported on their work with GPs so far.
    UK, England 30 Nov 2020 Case study, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF
    Testing & Diagnosis
  • Summary report: Hepatitis C in the justice system - going beyond prisons
    This report summarises the presentations and discussions from the HCV Action webinar, 'Hepatitis C in the justice system - going beyond prisons', held on Friday 23rd October as part of the National Hepatitis C ODN Stakeholder Webinar series. The event focused in particular on providing support around hepatitis C for those making the transition from prison to the community.
    UK 17 Nov 2020 Reports & Research, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF
    Prisons, Testing & Diagnosis, Treatment & Care, Awareness & Prevention
  • 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
    Prisons, South Asian Communities, Testing & Diagnosis, Treatment & Care, Awareness & Prevention
  • Summary report: Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on HCV testing
    This is the written summary of a webinar held on 8th October on mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on HCV testing. The first part of the webinar consisted of three presentations: Overview of testing, before and after COVID-19 - Helen Hampton, Lead Clinical Nurse for Blood Borne Virus, We Are With You; Outreach testing during the COVID-19 lockdown - Julian Surey, Find and Treat Team; and Postal testing or self-testing - Tracey Kemp, National Hepatitis C Strategy Lead, Change Grow Live
    UK, England 30 Oct 2020 Case study, Tools & Templates, Strategy & Planning PDF
    Testing & Diagnosis

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