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...
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...
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...
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...
Below is an extract from an article by the Hepatitis C Trust regarding the work undertaken by their Peer Support Team during the COVID-19 pandemic. The extract focuses on the work taking place in the West Yorkshire area, the full article can be found on the Hepatitis...
