Talking General Practice

Eliminating hepatitis C - the role of general practice


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Emma speaks to GP Dr Rik Fijten and consultant hepatologist Dr Kosh Agarwal about the NHS in England’s drive to eliminate hepatitis C.


The World Health Organization is aiming to eliminate Hepatitis C globally by 2030 and NHS England wants England to become the first country to do this, with a target to achieve this aim by next year.


In this podcast Rik and Kosh explains how the NHS is doing against this target and the important role that general practice has to play in helping to eliminate hepatitis C.


Rik explains what his role as a hepatitis C GP champion involves and what GPs and their teams can do in their practices to contribute to this work, and Kosh discusses what advances in treatment mean for patients and the transformative impact they’ve had.


They also explain other aspects of the programme that has helped it become a real success story and discuss whether the approach NHS England has used for Hepatitis C could work for other conditions.


This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.


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