Home Search
hepatitis - search results
Search results are sorted by relevance, please use the links in the sidebar to filter your search.
DDN120109
[…] more robust measures to curb irresponsible and illegal sales and improve treatment pathways for dependent drinkers.â UKâs hep C âlegacyâ of past behaviour Many of the UKâs hepatitis C infections are the result of injecting drug use dating back as far as the 1960s, according to a report from the Health Protection Agency. Many […]
News in brief – May 2015
[…] have been known to inject the drug, putting themselves at risk of blood-borne disease and infection,’ said the Home Office. Hep awareness A new film about hepatitis C designed to raise awareness and improve confidence in diagnosis among GPs and other primary care staff has been launched by the Royal College of GPs, […]
DDN1128
[…] Marteau, Prison Health, Department of Health "You had it so good until you tried to be like us Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drugs Policy Alliance, USA " Hepatitis C – a sleeping giant with legal implications Prof. Graham Foster, Consultant Hepatologist, The Royal London Hospital And much more… Details and booking facility on line […]
DDN051107new2
[…] shared needles within the last month, compared with one in six of those who had not been homeless. Almost half of injecting drug users are infected with hepatitis C and one in four have been exposed to hepatitis B. One in 75 is HIV positive, a figure that rises to one in 20 in […]
New injecting patterns fuel HIV risks
[…] or amphetamine-like substances such as mephedrone, however, almost tripled in the decade to 2012, with this using population less likely to have been tested for HIV or hepatitis C and more likely to report sharing. While heroin remains the most commonly injected drug – either on its own or in combination with crack – […]
New HIV risks as injecting patterns change
[…] or amphetamine-like substances such as mephedrone, however, almost tripled in the decade to 2012, with this using population less likely to have been tested for HIV or hepatitis C and more likely to report sharing. While heroin remains the most commonly injected drug – either on its own or in combination with crack – changes in […]
DDN May 2020
[…] new challengeb and, ab ai ânew normalâ developb, enbure we continue to make progrebb to our goal of eliminating hepatitib C. Dee Cunniffe is LJWG project lead HEPATITIS C What does COVID-19 mean for hepatitis C elimination plans in London? Dee Cunniffe gives an update STAYING ON TRACK T wo monthb ago, on 2 […]
Bright Future
[…] partnership have carried us through. Tracey Kemp, Rebecca John, Helen Hampton, Debbie Moores, William McCully, Simon Morton and Shayon Salehi on how the future looks promising for hepatitis C testing in drug treatment settings. By the start of 2020, the vital role that drug treatment services (DTS) across England were having in testing and […]
DDN050725
[…] aftercare support. Home Office & NTA, May 2005. User feedback and complaints – Good practice guidance on handling complaints. NTA, April 2005. Wor king in par tnership – Guidance on par tnership working to improve care. NTA, April 2005. Drug Inter vention Programme for Children and Young P eople early evaluation findings – Evaluation of DIP for young children and young people. Home Office, April 2005. National Offender Management Ser vice (NOMS) Drug Strategy – Strategy for management of drug using offenders. Home Office (NOMS), January 2005. Guidance for hepatitis A & B vaccination of drug users. – Guidance for primar y care workers on hepatitisvaccination. RCGP ,November 2004. Guidance for working with cocaine & crack users in primary care – Guidance for primar y care workers on crack and cocaine. RCGP ,September 2004. Guidance for use of buprenorphine for treatment of opioid dependence in primar y care – Guidance for primar y care workers on buprenorphone. RCGP ,June 2004. R ese arch and guidance Weblinks for these documents can be found in the research and guidance section of our website, www.drinkanddrugs.net When South Tyneside Advocacy […]
Nine out of ten councils now provide take-home naloxone
[…] drug-related deaths as a factor in their decision not to provide the drug. Meanwhile, Public Health England (PHE) is renewing calls for people to get tested for hepatitis C. Around 200,000 people are thought to be living with chronic hep C infection in the UK, with a ‘substantial proportion’ unaware that they have it. […]
DDN2807
[…] organs for donation – a situation that has remained constant for the past ten years. The key risk factors for liver disease are excessive drinking, infection with hepatitis B or C, and obesity. More than 40 per cent of all adult liver transplants throughout the UK, Europe and the US are conducted for end […]
Hep C Drug Treatment Provider Forum wins HSJ award
[…] 2023. The Hep C Drug Treatment Provider Forum is a partnership of drug treatment providers, which includes Humankind, hosted by Gilead pharmaceuticals to collectively promote and manage hepatitis C provision among drug services nationally. The partnership’s ultimate aim is to work together to eliminate hepatitis C and the award has recognised its outstanding dedication […]
News in brief
South west strategy A pilot programme to help tackle hep C in the South West has been launched by Addaction Cornwall in partnership with the Hepatitis C Trust and pharma company AbbVie. The project includes staff training and peer-to-peer education and buddying, and is designed to reduce transmission rates and free up NHS resources. […]
Hepatitis C Data Analyst (South)
[…] a real impact on the health and wellbeing of Service Users. We are interested in candidates with a flair for data and creativity who can drive forward the CGL Hepatitis C strategy. The strategy aims to reduce the number of service users who become ill or die prematurely as a result of Hepatitis C infection.
Hepatitis C Data Analyst
[…] a real impact on the health and wellbeing of Service Users. We are interested in candidates with a flair for data and creativity who can drive forward the CGL Hepatitis C strategy. The strategy aims to reduce the number of service users who become ill or die prematurely as a result of Hepatitis C infection.
DDN1606
[…] run by the NTA. A sliding scale of rewards will be used in programmes designed to reduce drug use, encourage users to undergo testing for diseases like Hepatitis and HIV and improve attendance at drug clinics. ‘We are applying the tried and tested principles of a basic behavioural reward system,’ said clinical advisor to […]
DDN 2020 Programme
[…] positive The role of peers in hep C testing and treatment With Philippe Bonnet interviewing peers and and volunteers with lived experience, this session will highlight the Hepatitis C Trust’s work, the challenges and successes and the impact our peers have in engaging and empowering people in hepatitis C care and treatment. From […]
DDN051212
[…] remained disturbingly the same. At home and abroad, the ‘war on drugs’ left major supply chains unbroken. A diamorphine shortage has rumbled on all year without resolution. Hepatitis C casualties continue to rise, despite dire warnings from medical experts that we’re not doing enough on diagnosis and treatment. You always want to approach a […]
National news from the substance misuse field
[…] 2015 at www.ons.gov.uk Cost concerns Charities and liver specialists have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to overturn attempts to limit the number of hepatitis C patients able to access new treatments. Organised by the Hepatitis C Trust, the letter expresses concern about NHS England’s ‘seemingly unprecedented requests’ for NICE to […]
DDN060116
[…] heavy drinkers, for example, are estimated to be significantly malnourished. Many drug and alcohol users have diseases resulting directly or indirectly from their substance use (such as hepatitis, alcohol liver disease and HIV), which make the need for a good diet even more impor tant. Lack of nutritious food or simply insufficient quantities of […]
Nurses at drug and alcohol recovery service in Rochdale and Oldham nominated for national...
[…] to service users, they also find innovative ways to reach people struggling with drug and alcohol use. Within the service they have increased access to screening for blood borne viruses (BBV) and deliver Hepatitis B vaccinations and Hepatitis C treatment. Some of their out-of-service work includes, piloting outreach into homeless hostels, delivering mobile Hepatitis C testing and treatment in the community, introducing novel opiate substitute therapies, and providing […]
Across the great divide
[…] the speakers, the challenges were very clear. Magdalena Harris, qualitative sociologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, brought scrutiny to the complicated scenario of hepatitis C treatment. For the 216,000 people living with chronic hepatitis C in the UK, the revolutionary new treatment was giving them the opportunity of a 90 […]
DDN2210
[…] said. There were also the dangers associated with the large number of counterfeit drugs on sale, and the risks associated with injection, such as abscesses, HIV and hepatitis. ‘PIEDs are not safe and nobody should use them,’ he said, ‘but we still need more evidence. If the evidence isn’t there, then we can’t moralise. […]
DDN_October_2023
[…] the real-terms valueâ of TWO TURNING POINT SERVICES â Oxfordshire Roads to Recovery and Slough Treatment, Advice & Recovery Team (START) â have achieved âmicro- eliminationâ of hepatitis C. To achieve micro-elimination status, the services had to meet three criteria set out by the NHS â every person accessing the services had to have […]
News in brief
[…] The findings confirmed DrugScope’s concerns that the programme was failing people with drug and alcohol problems, said chief executive Martin Barnes. Report at www.publications.parliament.uk Testing times Hepatitis C testing in prisons should be a ‘continuous offer’, according to a report from the Hepatitis C Trust. Just 6 per cent of inmates were tested […]
Strong case for peer-led needle exchange service
[…] strong case for a peer-led needle and syringe exchange service in London, according to a new report from the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG). The group has been working with Hackney Council to look into the feasibility of developing a peer-led and delivered NSP with added hep C […]
Liver Surveillance Peer Support Lead
[…] new Challenge? Do you have experience of working within drug services and with volunteers? Do you have relevant experience? This might be alcohol, injecting drug use, viral hepatitis or other liver disease. Have you supported anyone who has? We are looking for passionate, skilled and self-motivated individuals who like to be part of a […]
DDN060605
[…] On behalf of News |Round-up www.drinkanddrugs.net 4| drinkanddrugsnews| 5 June 2006 NHS inertia is failing Hep C patients The NHS is failing to make headway in tackling Hepatitis C, according to a survey of the 305 Primary Care Trusts. Of the 63 per cent who responded to the survey, conducted by the All Party […]
VIA Brent achieves micro-elimination of Hepatitis C
We’re thrilled to announce that our New Beginnings service in Brent has successfully reached the impressive milestone of Hepatitis C micro-elimination! VIA Team, colleagues and partners in Brent NHS England has a target to eliminate the virus by 2025 and Via services are aiming to do this in their local areas as well. Hep […]
DDN 050502
[…] and attititudes, according to Dr Stephen Willott, a Nottingham GP. Innovations such as Subutex – ‘another tool in the toolbox’ had changed many people’s lives. Advice on hepatitis had changed. Computer systems had developed. ‘But there’s no substitute for experience,’ said Dr Willott. Glenda Daniels, service co-ordinator at Oxford User Team, was grateful for […]
DDN310706
[…] services and mainstream health and social care. It has helped them to address their health needs: contraception uptake was particularly high, and clients are now immunised against Hepatitis B and C. The work of the child and family support worker is par ticularly encouraging. On the last evaluation it was shown that of the […]
DDN091006
[…] Health Be- haviour, opened by stressing that harm reduction services must be flexible, proactive and innovative to address the current challenges, such as rising HIV prevalence, high hepatitis C prevalence and increasing rates of crack injecting. Gerr y Stimson then presented the key themes from Vancouver – such as user involvement, human rights, alcohol […]
DDN291104
[…] programme for all operational staff at St Mungo’s. Training provision ranges from induction to crack cocaine, advanced alcohol training as well as BME Awareness and HIV / Hepatitis information. All the training programmes are mapped to DANOS standards. Publishing a quar terly newsletter gives the team an oppor tunity to suppor t other generic […]
DDN 050110
[…] Since then in fact, the number of problematic illegal drug users has increased by a factor of one hundred and the majority of injectors are infected with Hepatitis C. You and your predecessors’ previous gifts of anti-drug legislation have created the anarchy of the illegal market and contributed hugely to the marginalisation and poor […]
News in brief
[…] and public health’, said UNODC regional representative Gary Lewis. Available at www.unodc.org Testing times NICE has issued guidance to help ensure that more people at risk of hepatitis B and C infection are tested, covering commissioning, awareness raising and contact tracing. Around 90 per cent of the 12,642 hepatitis C infections diagnosed in the […]
DDN060130
[…] phone the National Addiction Centre on 0207 848 0437 and ask for Findings. Living proof that fuel can help recovery I am a 47-year-old worker for the Hepatitis C Resource Centre, Otago in New Zealand. I found the ‘Fuel for Recovery’ article very interesting (DDN,16 January). The evidence that essential fatty acid (EFA) levels […]
DDN050919
[…] Within the Criminal Justice System 13 Tackling Crack Use 14 Cultural Competence in Dealing with People with Drug & Alcohol Problems18-19 Dual Diagnosis 20-21 Safer Injecting 25 Hepatitis C & Drug Use 26-27 Counselling Drug Users 28 Volatile Substance Abuse NOVEMBER 2-4 Training For Would-Be Trainers 8-9 Basic Drugs Awareness 10-11 Performance Enhancing Drugs […]
DDN2feb10
[…] many users had a good knowledge about some of the additional health risks of drug use other than the addiction – such as catching bloodborne viruses like hepatitis. ‘Eighty-five per cent said their drug workers gave adequate information on the risks of BBV, but the survey also revealed some gaps in their knowledge – […]
DDN260109
[…] experimenting with larger amounts or are even injecting the drug. Ketamine’s harms increase considerably at high doses and injecting users risk exposure to blood-borne viruses such as Hepatitis C or HIV.’ Drugs offences up Drugs offences recorded by the police during the third quarter of 2008 increased by 9 per cent compared with the […]
Local news from the substance misuse field
[…] also be able to talk to peers and female support workers about their addictions and recovery. For more information email h.cleugh@addaction.org.uk Weston-super-Mare leads hep c fight Addaction’s hepatitis C treatment project in Weston-super-Mare is being celebrated as an example of best practice in treating people with the virus. During a discussion attended by leading […]
DDN060327
[…] to pretend the prison system can sort out the problems of society as a whole.‘Services need to encompass efforts to cut the transmission rates of HIV and Hepatitis, and to halt the return of TB among prisoners. There is also a great need to fill the gap in providing treatment for alcohol misuse.’ If […]
Behind the data
[…] the health improvement nurse had access to the specialist team who were able to act accordingly on her concerns. We continue to work in collaboration with several hepatitis C ODNs and peers alongside our nurses to eliminate hepatitis C – in the last two years only one person had hepatitis C referenced on their […]
Advocating for change
[…] real lives.’ ‘We all need to make efforts to raise awareness and heighten perception,’ policy strategy facilitator for the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG), Dee Cunniffe, told the conference. ‘People are dying, and people are ill, and it’s not OK.’ Her organisation’s mission was to prevent new hepatitis […]
Homepage Features Tab
[…] executive Steve Dixon has ambitious plans for Recovery Central in Birmingham Promotional feature: Stigma: Hepatitus C and drug misuse An understanding of existing barriers to hepatitis C care is important to help empower people with the virus to access help. Damp squib? Sector’s reactions to last month’s event in New […]
Eastern Europe still bucking HIV trend
[…] to the scale up of HIV services for people most in need.’ Meanwhile a new study from Public Health England (PHE) has highlighted the HIV and viral hepatitis risk for men who inject anabolic steroids and tanning drugs. Researchers found that one in 65 of 395 men surveyed for the report had HIV, while […]
Harm Reduction International Conference
[…] along with amphetamine-type substances, he stated. There were also significant levels of injecting reported in Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Tanzania, alongside high levels of HIV and hepatitis C. However, in terms of drug policy the focus remained that of law enforcement, he said, with drug control bodies coming under the supervision of ministries […]
News in brief
[…] factors underpinning substance use dependency which have blighted generations of disadvantaged families across Scotland.’ Available at www.sdf.org.uk Hep step A commitment to introduce an opt-out test for hepatitis C and other blood-borne viruses by next April has been included in a partnership agreement on co-commissioning health services in prisons between the National Offender Management […]
DDN 050502
[…] and attititudes, according to Dr Stephen Willott, a Nottingham GP. Innovations such as Subutex – ‘another tool in the toolbox’ had changed many people’s lives. Advice on hepatitis had changed. Computer systems had developed. ‘But there’s no substitute for experience,’ said Dr Willott. Glenda Daniels, service co-ordinator at Oxford User Team, was grateful for […]
DDN 041129
[…] programme for all operational staff at St Mungo’s. Training provision ranges from induction to crack cocaine, advanced alcohol training as well as BME Awareness and HIV / Hepatitis information. All the training programmes are mapped to DANOS standards. Publishing a quar terly newsletter gives the team an oppor tunity to suppor t other generic […]
26th February issue
With an estimated 400,000 people with hepatitis C in the UK, it might seem the most logical move to introduce compulsory testing for anyone entering treatment services. Many people don’t know they have the virus, which can manifest itself years later in debilitating symptoms that need expert medical care. Talking to Siobhan Fahey, a viral hepatitis clinical nurse specialist (page 6), […]
Review of the year 2013
[…] number of under-30s being admitted to hospital for alcohol-related liver disease leads Alcohol Concern to demand the Department of Health outline a plan of action. Meanwhile the Hepatitis C Trust warns that local authorities are unready to deal with the challenge of the virus as they prepare to take over responsibility for public health, […]
DDN21sept09
[…] face extra barriers to accessing services and equal treatment. Gender quality duty briefing for substance use ser vice providers available at www.gldvp.org.uk C the message A successful hepatitis C awareness campaign on the theme âeasy to get, easy to avoidâ has been mounted by Peterborough-based SUGAR (Service User Group Around Recovery) in partnership with […]
DDN040607
[…] the Treatment of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS Published by In partnership with Government drug policy is failing miserably to address the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C and other blood-borne infections and needs to take a ‘fresh look’ at its policies, according to Turning Point. The national charity’s attack on official policy […]
Filling the prescription
[…] of the treatment system? —————– Dr Georges Petitjean is the substance misuse medical lead for Inclusion, part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Deanne Burch is the hepatitis C elimination coordinator for the NHS Addictions Providers Alliance (NHS APA). Inclusion: www.inclusion.org The NHS Addictions Provider Alliance: www.nhsapa.org The authors have not received any financial […]
DDN070507
[…] treatment for all who needed it. ‘General, good, basic healthcare’, from family planning to dental care, could make a big impact, he pointed out, alongside addressing patchy hepatitis C treatment, that was ‘largely inaccessible in many areas of the country’. ‘Research around good day programmes doesn’t exist,’ he said. Similarly there was lack of […]
National News, September 2016
[…] chain but others believing they offer a ‘new, often young, consumer base easy access to drug markets’. Internet-facilitated drugs trade at www.rand.org HEP HOPE Access to hepatitis C treatment is improving, according to PHE’s annual figures, with 2015 treatment rates up 40 per cent on the previous year, alongside access to newer drugs. […]
DDN30nov09
[…] good partnership with Libya and our commitment to reduce the vulnerability of the Maghreb countries to drugs and crime,’ said executive director Antonio Maria Costa. Primary focus Hepatitis C is set to become a ‘crushing burden’ on the NHS unless more aggressive action is taken by primary care trusts and others, vice chair of […]
News in brief
[…] Making it inclusive: alcohol and drug education in multicultural settings sets out the key requirements for ‘culturally sensitive’ teaching. Available at mentor-adepis.org Stark statistics Hospital admissions for hepatitis C-related end-stage liver disease rose to nearly 2,400 in 2012, up from just over 600 in 1998, according to new figures from Public Health England, with […]
Sharing the Love
[…] drugs has worked as a means of racial control’. ‘Massive Gaps’ There were also ‘massive gaps’ in prison harm reduction, and barriers to effective therapies such as hepatitis C medication, which was ‘extraordinarily expensive’ in some countries. Naloxone, ‘one of the most cost-effective interventions in public health’, was still not enough of a priority […]
News in brief
[…] said last year’s winner Ceri Walker. Full details at www.recoverystreetfilmfestival.co.uk HEP HELP WHO has updated its guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of people with chronic hepatitis C infection to include a number of new medicines approved since publication of the original document. Revised guidance at http://bit.ly/1QrBUVr HEP GAP Doctors in the UK, […]