{"id":5406,"date":"2024-05-20T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/?p=5406"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:22:43","slug":"hep-c-u-later-new-resources-eliminate-hepatitis-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/hep-c-u-later-new-resources-eliminate-hepatitis-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Hep C U Later offers new resources to help eliminate hepatitis C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hep C U Later has been commissioned by NHS England to provide resources to help encourage testing among patients, to provide information to the public and update knowledge among clinical teams.<\/p>\n<p>NHS England\u2019s successful national elimination programme for hepatitis C has so far seen over 80,000 people found and treated through extensive work within drug and alcohol services and other areas of healthcare such as emergency departments. The elimination programme is now seeking to find the estimated 70,000 remaining people believed to be living with hepatitis C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Risk factors for Hepatitis C can include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharing equipment for injecting drugs<\/li>\n<li>Having a blood transfusion prior to Sept 1991<\/li>\n<li>Had a piercing, tattoo, or acupuncture using unsterilised equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Among the resources available to you are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/view.pagetiger.com\/Reader\/Login\/Default.aspx?redirecturl=https%3A%2F%2Finclusion.pagetiger.com%2Fdsdqkqq%2Fhcul1#Login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPD accredited hepatitis C training module<\/a> \u2013 free to access<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hepculater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HCUL-GP-Poster-NHS-Test-Portal-QR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Testing Portal Poster<\/a> \u2013 advertising the free, confidential at home testing kits, available to anyone in England<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hepculater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HCUL-EP-Leaflet-updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information Leaflets<\/a> \u2013 for your community to understand the virus, the treatment and support<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hepculater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Primary-Care-Toolkit-Final-witrh-links.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Primary Care Toolkit<\/a> \u2013 detailing everything from NICE guidelines to testing methods and treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, follow the Hep C U Later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hep-c-u-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn page<\/a> or take a look at the website \u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hepculater.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.hepculater.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national elimination campaign is now looking for the estimated 70,000 people living with untreated hepatitis C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":5407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5409,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5406\/revisions\/5409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integratedcarejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}