Hepatitis C Research in Greater Manchester

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Hepatitis C Research in Greater Manchester

• Arpana Verma
• Senior Lecturer
• On behalf of
• Manchester Blood Borne Virus Prevention Steering
  Group
• Association of Greater Manchester PCTs Hepatitis
  C Strategy
• 11th International Hepatitis C Conference
• 16th November 2009

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Acknowledgements
The Blood Borne Virus Research Team would like to
acknowledge the funders of the projects,
Manchester City Council Drug and Alcohol Strategy
Team and the Association of Greater Manchester
PCTs Hepatitis C Strategy and Greater Manchester
Health Protection Unit.
Health Protection Agency Labs Dr Paul Klapper Mr
Ben Brown NHS Manchester Ms Janet Mantle Mr
Colin Tyrie Manchester City Council Mr Ian
Deasha Ms Cara Ciliento Pennine Acute Hospitals
Trust Dr Javier Vilar, Ms Sue Russell, Ms Jane
and team Greater Manchester NHS Trusts,
Voluntary Agencies and Local Authorities
Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit Dr
Erika Duffell Greater Manchester Hepatitis C
Strategy Ms Siobhan Fahey Dr Sheila
Will Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS
Foundation Trust Ms Sheila Wilson Ms Claire
Watson Ms Debbie Carr Central Manchester
Foundation Trust Dr Martin Prince, Ms Esther
Pears and team NTA Mr Alan Neill
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Who are we?

• University of Manchester
• School of Translational Medicine
• Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health
• Prof Sarah OBrien

• Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health
• National Drug Evidence Centre
• School of Community Based Medicine
• School of Cancer
• School of Geography

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Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health
Dr Erika Duffell Prof Jorgen Vestbo
Prof Julietta Patnick
NHS Cancer Screening Programmes

• To perform world class research on urban issues
  for the benefit of the
• local populations

Dr Peter Elton
EU Commission
Dr Sally Bradley Mr Colin Cox Mr Neil Bendel
Mr Chris Booth Dr Rosemary McCann Dr Catherine
Quigley
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• Better to give no data than bad data
• Anon.

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Table 1 Laboratory reports of hepatitis C
infection by English region 1995 to 2007
Source Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety
Department, Centre for Infections, HPA
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Figure 1 Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester
Source Dept. Communities and Neighbourhoods
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Response to need

• Healthcare Needs Assessments
• Health Equity Audits
• Teaching and Training Needs Assessment
• Evaluation
• Research projects
• Primary Prevention
• Prevalence
• Patient Satisfaction
• Do not attend

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Tools

• Validation
• Face
• Content
• Criterion
• Back
• Repeatability
• Reliability
• Sensitivity

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HCNAs
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Health Equity Audit Cycle
Health Equity Audit Made Simple A briefing for
Primary Care Trusts and Local Strategic
Partnerships (2003)
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Evaluation
Harrison 2008
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Summary

• Partnership working essential
• GMHCV Strategy
• Independent but responsive
• Meaningful data
• Evidence based
• Teaching and training