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[…] and my five-year-old son – how can we have too much room? I’m really worried as I already struggle financially and can’t work because I’ve just started hepatitis treatment. Kirstie says: From April 2013 the housing benefit (HB) rules change so benefit won’t be paid for a separate bedroom for a child under the […]

Homelessness and unstable housing are associated with a ‘substantial’ increase in acquisition risk for both HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs, according to research by the University of Bristol. Recent homelessness or unstable living circumstances meant a 55 per cent increase in HIV risk and 65 per cent for hep C […]

[…] have improved, but data sharing is lagging dangerously behind, warns a new LJWG report. Read the full article in DDN magazine NHS England’s target date to eliminate hepatitis C is 2025 – five years ahead of the World Health Organization’s 2030 target. It’s an ambitious objective, and one that the NHS is confident it […]

Turning Point has launched its own hepatitis C strategy setting out how it intends to support the World Health Organization’s aim of eliminating the virus as a major public health threat by 2030.

[…] alcohol use. These guides are distributed as supplements in DDN Magazine. They are available to read online and organisations can order free printed copies. Recent guides covered Hepatitis C, and Alcohol health issues.  We have also produced a special supplement on End of Life Care for Manchester Metropolitan University and our own Routes to […]

The Hepatitis C Trust develops projects nationally where peers use their lived experience of injecting drug use and hepatitis C to support people who have similar backgrounds. Working with the London Joint Working Group, we are now expanding this commitment through the introduction of Harm Reduction Peer Support Leads to support the delivery of […]

Kick off reception for Routemap to Eliminate Hepatitis C in London

[…] during a time of rising drug deaths poses a significant risk. The needle and syringe programmes provided by Humankind not only help save lives but also reduce Hepatitis C reinfection rates, provide the life-saving drug naloxone and offer an opportunity for our teams to begin conversations with people that can help connect them to […]

[…] of spending on HIV services for people who use drugs came from external donors. More than half of the 10.6m people who inject drugs were living with hepatitis C, and one in eight were living with HIV, says the report. UNAIDS is calling for the full implementation of comprehensive harm reduction services, as well […]

[…] Challenging Ignorance ‘Get that druggie out of my hospital.’ Tony Mullaney (now training and development coordinator at Hep C U Later) described the barriers that disclosing his hepatitis C status had put in front of his healthcare. A hospital had insisted on moving his operation to the end of the day so they could […]

[…] people accessing our needle and syringe programmes and we want to change this. These services play a crucial role in reducing drug-related deaths and reinfection rates for hepatitis C, providing the life-saving drug naloxone, and providing a route into treatment services. They also provide our staff and volunteers with the opportunity to connect people […]

[…] past (GP/NHS/AA/Probation) "93 per cent stated that they would like help to address their alcohol use. The drinkers needed special inter ventions, considering the high incidence of hepatitis C among IV drug users. Excessive alcohol use in those infected with hepatitis C is strongly associated with a greater likelihood of progression to serious liver […]

[…] the most common causes of premature death in the UK and its burden continues to escalate’, says the report, which also looks at the impact of viral hepatitis and obesity alongside alcohol misuse. With the latest appeal by the Scotch Whisky Association and others against the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce minimum pricing being […]

[…] two teenagers developed the game after winning a FRANK competition. Hep B hope drug The drug Baraclude (entecavir) is now available in the UK to treat chronic Hepatitis B infection. The oral antiviral therapy inhibits the replication of the Hep B virus and has been welcomed by the head of the liver unit at […]

[…] relapsed again in early 2011, Darren once again settled quickly on methadone maintenance. He had been drinking a lot and we discussed that as he had chronic hepatitis C, perhaps he should think more seriously about treatment. He smiled and said he would think about it. But early in 2012, having learnt that I […]

[…] health and harm reduction to be put at the heart of UK drug policy. Despite worrying trends in the increase of bloodborne viruses such as HIV and hepatitis C (nearly half of injecting drug users in the UK are infected with hep C) the strategy fails to address the situation. Release called ‘sinister’ the […]

[…] health pathway in Lambeth by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; presentations from Inclusion about their take-home naloxone project nationwide; and then in collaboration with the Hepatitis C Trust, a presentation of their P2P:peer mentor and hepatitis C project from Hampshire, which included a moving and inspirational film about the reasons for this […]

[…] others can be the catalyst for engaging with treatment and support for recovery.’ Hep C help A free, confidential helpline for prisoners has been launched by the Hepatitis C Trust. The helpline, which will be open five days a week on 0800 999 2052, allows the trust to ‘reach out to a highly affected […]

[…] there in front of you.’ An important routine for each new arrival is the comprehensive health check, lasting around 45 minutes, which includes tests for HIV and hepatitis B and C. This is seen as a golden opportunity to engage, explains Daly. ‘A lot of these patients don’t go to a GP at all […]

[…] increases six times between 50mg and current limits. Report available at northreview.independent.gov.uk Drink drive overhaul may save hundreds of lives BACK IN THE DAY: the Greater Manchester hepatitis C strategy has enlisted the help of local rock band Hell to Pay to help raise awareness of the virus. The band accompanied the campaign to […]

[…] February Alcohol Ideas & innovations March Domestic violence Criminal justice Early trauma Gambling April (Stress Awareness Month) Stress awareness & strategies Prescription drugs (including effects of lockdown) Hepatitis C Ideas & innovations May Mental health (Mental Health Awareness Week, 18-23 May) Nursing Alcohol June Volunteering (Volunteers’ Week, 1-6 June) Carers’ Week (8-13 June) Training […]

[…] no use and my kidneys had now packed up as a result of poisons from my leg. Into the bargain, my liver function was poor due to hepatitis, I had shingles running right around my chest, unhealed sores at various locations round my body and I needed daily blood transfusions, as I was so […]

[…] will be the development of an EU advocacy strategy, and our members are involved in many best practice projects looking at responses to overdose, HIV and viral hepatitis. We have a clear mandate around drug law reform. Western Europe has a tradition of drug user activism dating back to the 1970s that reflects the […]

[…] working between services and peers has delivered naloxone and other vital harm reduction interventions in the community and increased engagement with treatment services. A hand up: The Hepatitis C Trust Sharing how their peer-to-peer education (P2P) programme delivered by people with lived experience of hepatitis C increases testing numbers and the likelihood of diagnosed […]

[…] problems associated with alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine’, said Owen Boden-Jones of CNWL’s club drug clinic. Report at www.rcpsych.ac.uk Hep feedback A global patient survey to reveal how hepatitis C is treated around the world has been developed by the World Hepatitis Alliance. HCV Quest is ‘your platform to share your thoughts about your care, […]

[…] people that services weren’t’. The other valuable role of NSP-commissioned pharmacies was to refer people directly into treatment, and Ratcliffe announced that funding had been secured for hepatitis C testing in the Birmingham pharmacies, with results given within the hour. ‘In the city centre we want to get as many people through as possible […]

[…] criminal justice based drug policies’, she says. And it’s in arenas like this that real change can be brought about, she believes. ‘I’ve always supported the test-and-treat approach to hepatitis C and HIV, for example, but while you’ve got to do it on a one-to-one basis you do also need to have it as national and international policy […]

[…] drug use team. Patterns of injecting were changing, he said, with an increase in psychoactive and club drugs as well as performance drugs – primarily anabolic steroids. Hepatitis B and C had declined markedly over time, thanks to ‘harm reduction approaches supported by good drug treatment’. Levels of HIV infection were stable, although four […]

[…] support people affected by homelessness, drug and alcohol problems and physical and mental health needs: www.emergingfutures.org.uk neo360 provide comprehensive harm reduction monitoring and reporting solutions: neo360.co The Hepatitis C Trust is a charity dedicated to eliminating hepatitis C in the UK by 2030. Find information and support about the virus here: www.hepctrust.org.uk Intuitive Thinking […]

[…] me or put me back on daily dispensing, which is impossible as I need to live,’ said Angela. Alisha was confronted with stipulations when trying to access hepatitis C treatment: ‘They told me I needed to reduce my dose before I could start hepatitis C treatment, but I knew they were wrong from going […]

[…] past (GP/NHS/AA/Probation) "93 per cent stated that they would like help to address their alcohol use. The drinkers needed special inter ventions, considering the high incidence of hepatitis C among IV drug users. Excessive alcohol use in those infected with hepatitis C is strongly associated with a greater likelihood of progression to serious liver […]

[…] any necessary treatments • family planning for depot contraception injections • midwives for pregnant service users • needle and syringe exchange • condom provision • vaccination for hepatitis A and B Direct referral to colposcopy and appointments was provided at the time of attendance, as well as the ability to dress wounds, listen to […]

[…] the agenda so we’re pleased to see the cross-sector mobilisation to make injecting facilities a reality (p18) and to support the call for redoubled efforts on eliminating hepatitis C (p11) as World Hepatitis Day approaches on 28 July. As one of our letter-writers points out (p20) service user involvement should be central to everything […]

[…] reduction strategy, supported by County Durham and Darlington PCTs. Among the services are a wider range of needle exchanges, including pharmacy exchange, and offering immunisation programmes for hepatitis B and C, along with hep C and HIV tests, to all drug users. ‘This is an impor tant oppor tunity for public ser vices across […]

[…] to use the system, which over time will greatly increase our knowledge of these new substances and ultimately improve patient care.’ PHE has also published its latest hepatitis C data, with the most recent estimates suggesting that around 160,000 people in England – and 214,000 in the UK as a whole –are chronically infected. […]

[…] a week later he resigns, stating that working with home secretary Theresa May was like ‘walking through mud’.   NOVEMBER Fewer than half of those infected with hepatitis C know they have the virus, warns PHE, with around 90 per cent of the 13,750 hepatitis C infections diagnosed in the UK in 2013 acquired […]

[…] lead  for  LEAD,  NHS  Lothian,  Dr David McCartney.  News in Brief Liver disease deaths in Enbland up 25 per cent in less than a decade More people are dying from liver disease than ever before, according to new figures from the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network.  Dbaths from livbr disbasb: implications for bnd of lifb carb in England shows a b5 per cent increase in deaths from liver disease between b001 and b009, from just over 9,b00 to more than 11,500. Around 90 per cent of people who die from liver disease are under 70, with the disease accounting for more than one in ten deaths of people in their 40s. Alcohol-related liver disease accounted for 37 per cent of all liver disease deaths – 30 per cent among women and 41 per cent among men. Just b8 per cent of alcohol-related liver disease deaths occurred in the least deprived areas, compared to 44 per cent in the most deprived.  ‘The key drivers for increasing numbers of deaths from liver disease are all preventable, such as alcohol, obesity,  hepatitis C and hepatitis B,’ said national clinical director for liver disease, professor Martin Lombard. ‘We must focus our efforts and tackle this problem sooner rather than later.’ People were also being diagnosed late in their condition, said British Liver Trust chief executive Andrew Langford, exposing the ‘inadequacies in our healthcare system in identifying patients early and the lack of will to invest in prevention strategies’. A separate report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that people aged 45 and above were three times more likely to drink every day than those under 45 – 13 per cent compared to 4 per cent. Among over-65s, bb per cent of men drank almost every day compared to 3 per cent of 16-b4 year- olds, while 1b per cent of women over 65 drank almost every day compared to 1 per cent of 16-b4 year-olds. Younger adults were more likely to have drunk heavily in the previous week, however, with b4 per cent of men aged 16-b4, and b5 per cent aged b5-44, having drunk more than eight units in a single day.  biver disease report at www.endoflifecareforadults.nhs.uk ONS General lifestyle survey overview report available at www.ons.gov.uk April 2012 |  drinkanddrugbnewb | 5 www.drinkbnddrugsnews.com News |  Round-up […]

[…] said programme head Louise Casey. Time to C reality Governments need to acknowledge that ‘drug policy approaches dominated by strict law enforcement practices’ perpetuate the spread of hepatitis C by exacerbating marginalisation and undermining people’s access to harm reduction and treatment services, according to a report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The […]

[…] to be available to all Let’s make sure that getting treatment is not a lottery. Dee Cunniffe, of the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C, calls for improved services to prevent thousands of unnecessary deaths. 11.15am – 11.45am – Tea and coffee break. 11.45am – 1.00pm – Session Two, the […]

[…] 60,000 dependent drug users and a predicted 1,000+ drug-related deaths in 2018 – three times the rate in England. There had been recent rises in HIV and hepatitis C, in both the chemsex and mainstream using community. Horne mentioned the ‘Glasgow effect’ – the drop in life expectancy by seven years for residents, irrespective […]

[…] alcohol-related liver disease accounting for the greatest proportion. Death rates from alcohol-related liver disease were also highest in the region’s most deprived local authority areas.  Prevalence of hepatitis C among injecting drug users also remains higher in the North West, with hospital admissions for hepatitis C increasing from less than 3,000 in 2005 to […]

[…] in terms of regular income, and we took on staff to manage groups in four locations around the county. *************** Four years ago we were approached by the Hepatitis C Trust who were running a project locally, to see if we wanted to be involved with a pilot support scheme assisting clients through hepatitis C […]

[…] people who use drugs, while also promoting policy alternatives grounded in public health, social inclusion and human rights. The global ‘war on drugs’ is fuelling HIV and hepatitis epidemics among people who use drugs, as well as a wide range of other health, social and economic harms. People who inject drugs now account for […]

[…] safe and supervised injecting centres is a recognised harm reduction initiative that can lead to saving lives, encourage engagement with treatment services, and help reduce HIV and hepatitis C infections. They also address public concerns about discarded needles and public injecting, and do not attract drug users en masse from other areas. According to […]

[…] – Lord Victor Adebowale introduces the theme ‘keep on moving’ and its significance to service user involvement. 10.30-10.50 – Rosanna O’Connor explains how PHE are moving on hepatitis C strategy. 10.50-11.10 – Mat Southwell makes the case for putting people who use drugs back at the heart of the response to drug user health and […]

[…] is a 5 bed abstinence based accommodation for individuals that have completed first stage treatment but have ongoing housing and treatment needs. Both services offer an in-house community programme, one to one key working and signposting to other services such as ETE advisers, Hepatitis screening, fellowship meetings. Website: https://socialinterestgroup.org.uk/ Telephone: 020 3668 9270 Email: info@socialinterestgroup.org.uk

[…] our drug policy…’ This issue, Max Daly reports from HIT’s Hot Topics conference, spotlighting changes in the drugs field. Also in the magazine, DDN hears how the Hepatitis C Trust’s testing van is taking services out on the road. Click on the links below to read more, and don’t forget to join the discussion […]

HCVAction are the online home for the hepatitis C professional community. They are committed to ensuring that more infected people are diagnosed and treated, through information sharing, awareness raising, training and campaigning. www.hcvaction.org.uk/ Home HCV Action

[…] privilege to do these clinics for the last three months. Most of the patients are IV poly-drug users, many are rough sleeping, there are high rates of hepatitis C, and much higher rates than usual of HIV. A lot are groin injectors; DVTs and cellulitis are common and we had one patient recently who […]

[…] in the number of HIV diagnoses over the last decade among people in the EU/EEA who inject drugs, very few countries have seen a significant reduction in hepatitis C infections, says the document. Alongside the still-controversial consumption rooms, the other five key interventions are listed as sterile injecting equipment, voluntary and confidential infectious disease […]

[…] ‘Get Connected’ theme and the DDN ‘Wider Health’ initiative. Treating the whole person: Stacey Smith looks at addressing linked conditions and better healthcare through a journey of hepatitis C treatment. Finding the right match: Sue McCutcheon considers screening, outreach and getting into treatment, whatever the health need. It takes two – the unwritten contract […]

[…] coordinated by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH). Signatories include nine royal colleges, a number of drug treatment agencies, the Association of Directors of Public Health, the Hepatitis C Trust, National Aids Trust and the BMA’s science board, alongside individual signatories. The statement calls for overdose prevention centres and says we can ‘no longer […]

Sharing and reusing needles for injecting drugs puts you at significant risk of contracting blood borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C.   To help reduce the risk there are local schemes that exchange used needles for new needles. To find your nearest participating Boots store click here How it works: Check with […]

[…] for ‘live’ debate, so what a treat to be given DDN sessions at HRI’s online Constellations event. We chose to focus on naloxone action, peer-led initiatives on hepatitis C, and two issues that have fired up our pages for many years – ensuring people are on the dose that suits them, and the all-important […]

[…] to more than 30 in Blackpool. Liver disease now accounts for nearly 12 per cent of total deaths among men in their 40s, with alcohol, obesity and hepatitis B and C responsible for 90 per cent of cases. Hospital admissions for liver cirrhosis have doubled over the last decade, says PHE, although there are […]

[…] health risks through health education.’ Ms Salazar told delegates that the government’s ‘sensible drinking’ levels of 14 units a week did not necessarily relate to people with hepatitis C, mental health problems or the young and old and risked seriously compromising their health. ‘ We need to be more specific with the information we […]