OUR FOCUS
We are on track to eliminate the hepatitis C virus fom the UK, but there is still a lot more work to be done.
There are roughly 1.5 million new infections of hepatitis C, a potentially cancer-
causing virus, each year, and currently an estimated 3.2 million adolescents and children with chronic hepatitis C infection. The Hepatitis C Trust are part of a global initiative to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030.
We are the only organisation in the UK set up solely with the objective to eliminate hepatitis C.
We have been operational since 2001, and in this time have grown from a small organisation of two people to one of 93 permanent staff and 150 peer volunteers – this includes large on the ground peer-to- peer programmes in both the community and prisons, working across 23 NHS Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs) and 128 prisons.
We are a patient-led and patient run organisation; a majority of our employees and volunteers have lived experience of hepatitis C. We know that we will not achieve elimination unless we look at the area of reinfection and harm reduction.This is an area of increasing importance in our work.
Our vision is to stop people dying from hepatitis C and eliminate it from the UK by 2030
Our strategy
Our strategy is focused around the pillars of better prevention and more diagnosis and treatment for all. With an elimination deal in place with UK governments, and our peer programmes reaching across communities and prisons in the UK, we are currently working to identify and engage both those undiagnosed and those diagnosed but untreated.
LEAVING NO ONE IN PRISONS BEHIND
Our work across the prison estate continued to be affected by Covid-19 this year. Access to individual prisons fluctuated according to outbreaks. Our national network of prison peers did, however, maintain a strong presence and continue to raise awareness of hepatitis C, supporting people both into testing and treatment.
We worked in 93 prisons across England, re-establishing our core activities
and interventions following Covid-19 prison lock downs. This included peer workshops; Hepatitis Awareness Training (HAT), to both residents and staff; one- to-one support for the newly diagnosed; and the running of testing campaigns.
Our highlights include the expansion of our prison peer programme to both Scotland and Wales. The full implementation of our from prison to the community Follow Me programme, creating a successful treatment pathway for people transitioning from prison to the community, or vice versa, preventing them from becoming lost to follow up.
13,631
people in prison tested in HITTs this year
High Intensity Test and Treat (HITTs) initiatives producing collaborative working with full prison buy-in from residents and staff, leading to successful whole prison testing and access to a treatment pathway. HITTs not only allow us to find newly diagnosed cases, but also those re-infected, which is paramount if we are to reach elimination and deliver targeted harm prevention work.
We delivered 19 HITT events with our partners. These contributed to 35 prisons reaching micro elimination*, 14 of which have since maintained this.
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‘It’s vital that hepatitis C remains a health priority with a dedicated roadmap.’
– Elliot Colburn MP.
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‘It’s vital that hepatitis C remains a health priority with a dedicated roadmap.’
– Elliot Colburn MP.
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KEEPING HEPATITIS C ELIMINATION ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA
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webinars organised and hosted by HCV Action to inform and inspire
486
total hepatitis C professional attendees across HCV Action webinars
644
subsequent views of online recordings of HCV Action webinars
478
views of two HCV Action good practice case studies
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