Reports and documents relating to hepatitis C in Greater Manchester:
NEW! Greater Manchester Blood Borne Virus Prevention Strategy
Synopsis: Strategy is based on national guidelines and local Joint Strategic Needs Assessments. A number of recommendations have been made in order to reduce the number of blood borne virus infections in Greater Manchester.
Author: Dr Erika Duffell, Siobhan Fahey, Colin Tyrie, Dr Katy Harrison, Dr Arpana Verma
Approved by: Greater Manchester Director of Public Health Group, December 2010
NEW! Greater Manchester Blood Borne Virus Prevention Commissioning Guidelines
Synopsis: A consultation was undertaken to prioritise the recommendations from the Greater Manchester Blood Borne Virus Prevention Strategy. The prioritised recommendations were classified according to which commissioner would be involved with each recommendation.
Author: Dr Erika Duffell, Siobhan Fahey, Colin Tyrie, Dr Katy Harrison, Dr Arpana Verma
Approved by: Greater Manchester Director of Public Health Group, March 2011
NEW! Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Strategy - The Next Steps 2010-2013
Synopsis: This document considers the future direction of the Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Strategy within budgetary restrictions. It describes the aims and objectives of each project: Service Redesign; Testing; Treatment; Research and Workforce Development; Communications; Blood Borne Virus Prevention; Sureveillance, Prison, Support
Author: Dr Paul Klapper, Dr Javier Vilar, Colin Tyrie, Dr Anthony Threlfall, Abdul Razzaq, Dr Erika Duffell, Siobhan Fahey, Dr Martin Prince
Approved by: Greater Manchester Director of Public Health Group, January 2011
Greater Manchester HCV Strategy 2006
Synopsis: Original Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Strategy based on Health Care Needs Assessment (2006). The Strategy makes recommendations for improving prevention, awareness, services around testing, treatment services and surveillance. Funding provided by DPH group to implement the strategy under the governance of the Association of Greater Manchester PCTs in 2007.
Author: Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Strategy Group
Approved by: Greater Manchester Director of Publuc Health Group, 2006
Hepatitris C in Greater Manchester Heath Needs Assessment 2006
Synopsis: The Greater Manchester Health Needs Assessment included a review of current service provision, the underlying epidemiology and the associated literature. The assessment included stakeholder interviews and postal questionnaires with key service providers with views collected from respondents around current and future service provision.
Authors: Dr Erika Duffell and Dr Andrea Fallon
Approved by: Greater Manchester Director of Public Health Group (2005)
Greater Manchester HCV Baseline Data Review
Synopsis: Baseline data review of activity within treatment centres to give information for basis of business plan. Based on activity in March 2008.
Authors: Siobhan Fahey, Julie Cunningham, Nancy Prospero
Approved by: Service Redesign Group
Synopsis: Detailed business plan. Sections covering epidemiology, costs of present and proposed pathway and savings of delivery, benefits, evidence base, QIPP and equity agendas, QUALY modelling.
Authors: Julie Cunningham, Siobhan Fahey, Abdul Razzaq, Dr Erika Duffell
Approved by: GMHCVS, DPH Commissioning Board
Characteristics of an Ideal Hepatitis C Service - Summary of Stakeholder Views
Synopsis: Paper describing consultation with 270 important stakeholders including clinicians, patients from various high risk groups, microbiologists, public health experts and commissioners.
Authors: Siobhan Fahey, Julie Cunningham
Approved by: Service Redesign Group
Greater Manchester HCV Treatment Guidelines
Synopsis: Guidelines for treating HCV G1/2 without HIV, G2/3 without HIV, with renal problems, with HIV, with decompensated liver disease.
Authors: Dr Martin Prince, Dr Javier Vilar, Dr Shaun Green
Approved by: DPH and Greater Manchester Medicine Management Group
Greater Manchester HCV Laboratory Testing Guidelines
Synopsis: Guidelines for screening of primary care, screening of clients with poor venous access, antenatal screening, babies under 12 months born to HCV infected mothers, screening of babies and children over 12 months old, screening in renal dialysis patients
Author: Dr Paul Klapper
Approved by: Microbiology Network Advisory Group
Greater Manchester HCV Communications Strategy
Synopsis: Objectives: Underpin the GMHCV Strategy and increase awareness among targeted audiences - primary care staff, ex-IDUs, drug workers, prisoners, young people at risk of IV drug use, people born in Pakistan, men who have sex with men, people diagnosed with hepatitis C, stakholders of the GMHCV Strategy.
Authors: Jeanette Livings, Edna Boampong, Siobhan Fahey, Dr Erika Duffell
Approved by: GMHCV Strategy, DPH
Greater Manchester HCV Prevention Joint Strategic Needs Assessment - Core Report
Synopsis: The objectives for HCV in Greater Manchester: estimate prevalence, identify current 'picture', describe current service provision, obtain views of service providers re current provision and gaps, recommend action plan for improving prevention
Authors: Dr Katy Harrison, Dr Arpana Verma
Approved by: awaiting final approval by Research and Workforce Development Group
Greater Manchester HCV Health Equity Audit
Synopsis: Aims to explore HCV service provision around prevention, testing and treatment reflects patterns of need in relation to five key dimensions across Greater Manchester: age, gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity and accessibility (service numbers and geography)
Authors: Dr Katy Harrison. Dr Arpana Verma, Hazel England
Approved by: awaiting final approval by Research and Workforce Development Group
Training and Teaching for Hepatitis C Specialist Nurses
Synopsis: Project to undertake scoping with nurses who specialise in the treatment of HCV, discover training need, produce recommendations for development of training and resources to support growth of specialism.
Authors: Dr Katy Harrison, Dr Arpana Verma, Angela Pilkington
Approved by: Research and Workforce Development Group
Training and Teaching for Hepatitis C Consultants
Synopsis: Project to determine the training and knowledge requirements of consultants who wish to specialise in Rx of HCV. Recommendations for the development of appropriate training and resources to support the growth of the specialism.
Authors: Dr Katy Harrison, Dr Arpana Verma, Angela Pilkington
Approved by: Research and Workforce Development Group
Hepatitis C Teaching and Training Needs Assessment for Greater Manchester
Synopsis: Identify GM HCV training needs by: mapping the current provision of health care professionals (HCP) and others working with high risk groups, and assessing local training requirement at PCT and service level.
Authors: Dr Katy Harrison, Dr Arpana Verma, Angela Pilkington
Approved by: Research and Workforce Development Group
Project Description for Commissioned Self Care Support Project
Synopsis: Service specifications for the Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Self Support Project.
Authors: Siobhan Fahey, Rob Cryer, Neil Walbrane
Approved by: Project Group
Hepatitis C in Greater Manchester: CBS Report on Decision Model for Changing Care Pathways
Synopsis: The Hepatitis C decision model created to inform decision of the Association of GM PCTs. Intended to demonstrate inpact of changing clinical care pathway on cost to NHS and QALYs gained by targeted population achieving viral clearance rather than developing chronic HCV.
Author: Carl Ashworth
Approved by: Service Redesign Group
Greater Manchester Prison Hepatitis C Strategy
Contact Programme Manager, Siobhan Fahey for more information on this document: siobhan.fahey@hmr.nhs.uk
C View issue one - December 2008
Author: Jeanette Livings
Author: Jeanette Livings
C View issue three - October 2009
Author: Jeanette Livings
Author: Jeanette Livings
C View issue five - December 2010
Author: Jeanette Livings
C View issue six - August 2011
Author: Jeanette Livings
