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Hepatitis C and the Managed Clinical Network. Maureen McCartney Network Chair Consultant Health Protection, PHA. HCV Network. Annual network meeting Steering group Workstreams Education and awareness Surveillance Drugs and addiction services Diagnostic and treatment services
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Hepatitis C and the Managed Clinical Network Maureen McCartney Network Chair Consultant Health Protection, PHA
HCV Network • Annual network meeting • Steering group • Workstreams • Education and awareness • Surveillance • Drugs and addiction services • Diagnostic and treatment services • Network manager and admin support
MCN activity • Steering group re-configured to take account of re-organisation • New work programmes developed following meeting last year • Links with Migrant/BME group • Agreement to add hepatitis B to network
Future priorities • Maximising prevention • Continuing to increase awareness, identification and referral • Public and professional • Facilitating hepatitis prevention and identification across sectors • Improved links with higher-risk groups and patients
Antibody positive HCV in NI Data Source: Regional Virus Laboratory, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Laboratory-confirmed HCV antibody positive cases in Northern Ireland, by age, 1992-2010 Data Source: Regional Virus Laboratory, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Gender of Laboratory confirmed cases of HCV antibody positive cases from 1990 - 2010 Data Source: Regional Virus Laboratory, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Source of Hepatitis C test requests Data Source: Regional Virus Laboratory, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Risk factors for acquisition of HCV recorded by patients living in Northern Ireland who have presented for treatment Data Source: Hepatology Service, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Transplant list first registrations with a code of post-hepatitis C cirrhosis in Northern Ireland: 1996-2010 Data source: NHS Blood and Transplant
Deaths from End-stage Liver Disease, or Hepatocellular Carcinoma, in those with HCV mentioned on their death certificate • Only one such death recorded from 2001 to 2008 • 3 in 2009 and 5 in 2010 Data source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency