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Just diagnosed with hepatitis C

WEB020 7089 6221. If you want to talk to someone with personal experience of hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment, you can call our helpline for support and information. …

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URL: https://www.hepctrust.org.uk/about-hep-c/just-diagnosed/

Risks and causes

WEBSexual contact. Hepatitis C may be transmitted during unprotected sex, although this risk is considered very low. The risk of sexually transmitting hepatitis C depends on the type of …

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New report sets out why England is leading the world in …

WEBHCV Action (coordinated by The Hepatitis C Trust) has today launched a report exploring how England’s hepatitis C elimination programme has cut deaths from …

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NHS deal signals final push to be world-first to eliminate …

WEBThousands of people unknowingly living with hepatitis C are to be identified, diagnosed and cured thanks to major NHS investment in rapid testing technology and an …

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World Hepatitis Day

WEBWorld Hepatitis Day takes place annually on 28 July to raise awareness about viral hepatitis. Every year, The Hepatitis C Trust comes together with partners from around …

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Surveillance of hepatitis C in Scotland

WEBThe surveillance data suggests there has been major progress made on a number of hepatitis C elimination targets in Scotland. The prevalence of chronic HCV infection …

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The Infected Blood Inquiry

WEBThe Infected Blood Inquiry was established to examine the circumstances in which patients treated by the NHS between 1970 and the early 1990s received infected blood and …

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Our community programmes

WEBThe Hepatitis C Trust is a peer-led organisation. For more than 20 years, we have developed our model of service to meaningfully involve peers in the design, delivery and …

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HCV Action launches group on maintaining hepatitis C elimination

WEB12 March 2024. HCV Action, the hepatitis C professional network coordinated by The Hepatitis C Trust, has today launched a new Hepatitis C Elimination Maintenance …

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Free and confidential home tests for hepatitis C now available via …

WEBorder your hepatitis c test online If you live in England, order a free finger-prick test from the NHS today The NHS is committed to eliminating hepatitis C as a …

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Latest ‘Hepatitis C in England 2022’ report published by UKHSA

WEBThe latest ‘Hepatitis C in England 2022’ report from the UK Health Security Agency has been published, with recommendations on the actions needed to reduce …

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Hepatitis C and prisons

WEBAround 1.5% of people in male prisons and 3.7% in female prisons have hepatitis C, compared to around 0.5% of the UK general population. Most cases of hepatitis C in the …

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South Asian outreach programme

WEBIn the UK, around 0.5% of the general population carries the hepatitis C virus. For South Asian communities, the rate is believed to be much higher, at around 2.3%. According to …

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World Hepatitis Day 2023

WEBWorld Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes place annually on 28 July to raise awareness about viral hepatitis. Every year, The Hepatitis C Trust comes together with our NHS partners, …

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