New Starters in the ODN Team

Caroline Winkley In November two new starters joined the ODN team. In Calderdale and Huddersfield Caroline Winkley joined Sue Goldthorpe as a Clinical Nurse Specialist working for the Trust. Caroline has been a nurse for over 20 years working in ICU, and is looking...

Community Testing in Bradford

During December 2020 and January 2021, the Bradford Teaching Hospitals (BTH) viral hepatitis team have been working with the Homeless Outreach Partnership (HOP) team and the Salvation Army in Bradford along with the Hepatitis C Trust (HCT) visiting accommodation where...

NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020

The Viral Hepatitis Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT) and West Yorkshire Hepatitis C ODN have won a Parliamentary award for their ‘Street Outreach Initiative for Hepatitis C’ The team are the North East and Yorkshire Regional Winner in The Health...

LTHT the Estates team Support World Hepatitis Day

To support World Hepatitis Day at the LGI the Estates team turned the units near the entrance to the Clarendon Wing and Leeds Children’s Hospital purple using purple mood lighting to support the day. In the evening the estates teams at the LGI lit up the Brotherton...

Working in Collaboration in Kirklees

On 13 August 2020, teams from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust (CHT), Change Grow Live (CGL) Huddersfield and The Hepatitis C Trust (Hep C Trust) held a Hepatitis C (HCV) testing event near to Clare House, a hostel for...