2010 Conference

Hepatitis C, Substance Misuse and Health Inequalities: delivering a consensus for London

 

This conference was held on 19 October 2010 at Guy’s Campus, Kings College, London.

Details

Chaired by Professor David Nutt, the main aims of the conference were to develop a stakeholder consensus on what needs to be done to integrate London health and addiction services to support vulnerable patients to get treatment for hepatitis C, tackle health inequalities and stop the spread of the virus.

The consensus document is now available.

Download the conference brochure.

Presentations from the day can be found below:

 

Current landscape

Speaker: Dr Geraldine Strathdee OBE

Presentation: The Challenge for London

 

 

Speaker: Dr Ashley Brown

Presentation: London hepatitis treatment landscape

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Speaker: Dr Nat Wright

Presentation: Prisons

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Speaker: Dr Natasha Martin

Presentation: Can antiviral therapy reduce the prevalence of hepatitis C?

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Speaker: Rick Rutkowski

Presentation: Patient perspective

 

Possible solutions

 

Speaker: Dr Owen Bowden-Jones

Presentation: PREVENT

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Speaker: Dr Marion Lyons

Presentation: Wales

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Speaker: Dr Pete Bramley

Presentation: Update on Scottish Action Plan

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