LTHT & Practice Plus Group – HMP Micro – Elimination

In time for World Hepatitis Day, the Hepatitis C Virus Programme Oversight Group (HCVPOG) Health & Justice sub-group met on Friday 16th July 2021 to assess the nominations of micro-eliminated prisons across the estate.We are pleased to announce that two West...

NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020

The Viral Hepatitis Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT) and West Yorkshire Hepatitis C ODN are the National winners of the Health Equalities Award category of the NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020 for their ‘Street Outreach Initiative for Hepatitis C’. The...

Forward Leeds Raising Hepatitis C Awareness in their Hubs

As part of the Hepatitis C awareness month in April the Forward Leeds admin team have been updating their information boards at the ‘Hubs’ around the city. Elle-Rose and Abigail have put together displays for each hub to raise awareness of hepatitis C for both their...

Community Testing in Bradford

During December 2020 and January 2021, the Bradford Teaching Hospitals (BTH) Viral Hepatitis team worked with the Homeless Outreach Partnership (HOP) team, the Salvation Army in Bradford and the Hepatitis C Trust (HCT), to offer BBV testing. The teams...