Hepatitis

Department of Health written question – answered at on 14 March 2017.

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Photo of Liz McInnes Liz McInnes Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people commenced treatment for hepatitis C in the first six months of financial year 2016-17 in each operational delivery network area.

Photo of Liz McInnes Liz McInnes Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the NHS will develop a common care pathway for the treatment of different types of hepatitis C and HIV.

Photo of Liz McInnes Liz McInnes Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided to operational delivery networks for the creation of outreach services in hepatitis C since 2015.

Photo of Nicola Blackwood Nicola Blackwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

4,298 people commenced treatment for hepatitis C in the first six months of the current financial year 2016/17.

The table below breaks down this information for each operational delivery network (ODN).

Hepatitis C Operational Delivery Network

Treatment Run rate Actual (Months 1-6)

Barts

226

Birmingham

376

Bristol and Severn Hepatitis C ODN

122

Cheshire and Merseyside

194

Eastern Hepatitis Network

273

Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire

328

Humberside and North Yorkshire

169

Kent Network via Kings

61

Lancashire and South Cumbria

113

Leicester

118

North Central London Viral Hepatitis Network

319

North East and Cumbria

183

Nottingham

174

South Thames Hepatitis Network

419

South Yorkshire

174

Surrey Hepatitis Services

71

Sussex Hepatology Network

78

SW Peninsula Hepatitis C ODN

119

Thames Valley Hepatitis C ODN

163

Wessex Hepatitis C ODN

147

West London

227

West Yorkshire

244

Grand Total

4,298

Pathways of care for hepatitis C need to take account of local service needs, existing and planned infrastructure and facilities. NHS England supports ODNs in their work to determine appropriate local pathways, but does not impose national care pathways. ODNs have been incentivised and funded to develop local care pathways that are responsive to local needs.

NHS England invested in a CQUIN (contractual payment for quality) scheme in ODNs first year of operation in 2015/16 and have since expanded the funding which provides incentive based funding for providers to achieve treatment rates by working with local partners to find the best ways to identify and prioritise patients for treatment, which may include supporting outreach service development, something NHS England is supportive of where locally determined. The CQUIN scheme for Hepatitis C ODN lead providers equates to £100,000 per ODN + 0.8% of the overall contracted spend on specialised care for all services at the lead hospital, and is published on the NHS England website.

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