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Event: Understanding Safe Inhalation Pipe Provision (SIPP) and ways forward

December 13, 2024

On December 12th 2024, a hybrid meeting organised by a Haringey Public Health, Release, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG), brought 70 public health experts, academics front line drugs workers and other interested individuals together to hear the latest research...

Hackney Hub work featured in Drink and Drugs News

December 5, 2024

Drink and Drugs News (DDN) have featured an article exploring the launch and progress of our Hackney Harm Reduction Hub with The Hepatitis C Trust this year, with accounts from staff and volunteers and a look at innovations and challenges. Drug harm continues to be a significant problem in the UK, with 19 per cent of...

Hackney Harm Reduction Hub: three months in the life

July 11, 2024

The Hackney Harm Reduction Hub launched in March and now, three months on, we’re pleased to be expanding the service to two days a week, working with more volunteers and reaching more people who need harm reduction equipment and advice.

London Joint Working Group launches peer-based Hackney Harm Reduction Hub

March 26, 2024

The London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG) is proud to have launched a new peer-based Hackney Harm Reduction Hub, working with our partners from Hackney Council and The Hepatitis C Trust and with people with living or lived experience of substance use.

Exploration of a peer-based harm reduction hub in London

March 22, 2023

Published today in the report, the case study says: Exploration of a peer-based harm reduction hub in London To reduce the harms associated with injecting drug use, Hackney Council commissioned the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG) to scope the feasibility of developing a peer-based harm reduction hub, which would...

Peer-based harm reduction

March 20, 2023

An essential step in the fight against hepatitis C? We are living in a time of real hope for the elimination of hepatitis C, with work to find and treat hepatitis C bringing about a 43% fall in cases in England since 2015. NHS England even suggest the country is on track to eliminate the virus...

London Health Board, Emergency Department opt-out testing & 2023 plans

December 15, 2022

As we near the end of 2022, the latest newsletter from the London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C (LJWG) touches on successes this year and our plans for 2023. We note Dr Emily Finch and Dr Kosh Agarwal’s presentation to the Mayor of London and London Health Board on hepatitis C...

Dr Emily Finch & Dr Kosh Agarwal speak to London Health Board

December 1, 2022

They spoke about marked improvements Dr Agarwal had seen in liver health at King’s College Hospital due to new treatments now available for hepatitis C, but also the continued impact of stigma on those living with the virus, the need for an integrated response in London, a clear focus on Blood Borne Viruses and greater...

LJWG conference 2022 – videos now available

October 26, 2022

The conference heard from experts about the barriers and solutions to London becoming the first global city to eliminate hepatitis C, with speakers including Dr Tom Coffey OBE (Health Advisor, Mayor of London) and Dr Monica Desai (UK Health Security Agency). We were joined by almost 100 guests, with more joining us by livestream link....

New: agenda & speakers for our annual conference – June 16th

May 4, 2022

As we work together to make London the first global city to eliminate hepatitis C, this conference is a key opportunity to hear from experts and network with colleagues from across all relevant sectors. The event will be primarily in-person at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ and we encourage as...