{"id":1616,"date":"2025-02-27T20:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/?post_type=project&#038;p=1616"},"modified":"2025-03-03T21:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:06:12","slug":"optimisation-of-hcv-therapy","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/projects\/optimisation-of-hcv-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimisation of HCV Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull fullstretch has-dark-accent-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f86e333 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull fullstretch cirgcover has-standard-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77863774b4bafa76017e3d0427e2b75c\" 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wp-post-image\" alt=\"CIRG Project Logo\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/CIRG-Project-Logo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/CIRG-Project-Logo-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1616_a94748-67{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1616_a94748-67 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1616_a94748-67\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide project-details-heading\">Project Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start Date<br><strong>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start Date<br><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Status<br><strong>Studies in follow up or paused due to COVID<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main Research Site<br><strong>RIDU<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a serious infection that attacks the liver, and is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In Scotland, approximately 37,000 people are infected, with over 85% of these infections in people who inject, or have injected drugs (PWID). Treatment for HCV is simple, tolerable and effective. However, treatment uptake is estimated at only 5-6%. This means that tens of thousands of people are suffering unnecessarily. The reasons for such low uptake relate to multiple interruptions in the journey through care, not least the difficulty of linking those diagnosed with HCV into treatment. One strategy to improve this is the movement of HCV treatment away from traditional specialist centres, and into primary care. This has been achieved successfully elsewhere in the world in other health care systems. In the proposed research we will work with GPs, service users and others to 1) identify the key constituents of GP-led HCV treatment, and 2) develop an acceptable and practicable GP-led treatment pathway for PWID inScotland. 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