Hepatitis Scotland’s National Conference – Hepatitis C Case-finding in Services
Date: 20th November 2019
Location: Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling, Airthrey Road, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Cost: Free
Booking is essential – please book here via eventbrite
Click here to download the Conference Programme
This free one-day conference, organised by Hepatitis Scotland, is aimed at staff who work in, or have strategic responsibility for, primary and secondary care addiction services.
The day will explore the background to developing successful hepatitis C case-finding initiatives, demonstrating real world successes and issues for practitioners to consider.
There will also be an opportunity to contribute to guidelines for opt out blood-borne virus testing in addiction services.
Programme
09:30 – Registration and Refreshments
10:00 – Morning Chair’s welcome
– Leon Wylie, Hepatitis Scotland
10:05 – National case-finding: The data
– Norah Palmateer, Senior Research Fellow, Health Protection Scotland and Allan McLeod, Epidemiologist, Health Protection Scotland
10:30 – Below the border: Exploring the English experience of case-finding
– David Weir, Associate Director, National Market Access and Policy Lead, Gilead
10:50 – Pharmacies at the front line, an experimental assay
– Andrew Radley, Consultant in Public Health Pharmacy, NHS Tayside
11:10 – Coffee break
11:25 – Workshops
Workshop 1 – Scoring the numbers, how to chart success
– Norah Palmateer and Allan McLeod
Workshop 2 – An all round view, tried and tested
– David Weir
Workshop 3 – Point of care testing in pharmacy, what is the catch?
– Andrew Radley and Susan Carmichael
12:15 – Lunch
13:25 – Changing the angle of delivery
– Afternoon Chair, Stephen Barclay, NHS GGC, HCV Clinical Lead and Co-Chair, National HCV Clinical Leads
13:45 – Peering into the community
– Waverley Care and Hepatitis C Trust
14:05 – Casefinding in services: Delivering opt out testing in addiction services (including audience voting)
– Leon Wylie, Hepatitis Scotland
14:40 – Coffee break
15:00 – Workshops
Workshop 1 – Reaching out to delivery
– Susan Carmichael, Blood Borne Virus Prevention Nurse, NHS Lothian Harm Reduction Team and Claire Kofman, Waverley Care
Workshop 2 – The easy wins, making sure they are
– Stephen Barclay and Leon Wylie
Workshop 3 – Experienced hands,
– Hepatitis C Trust
15:50-16:00 Final points and close