Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion
Mr. Marcus Keane:
In the initial part, the regional experts are to advise on what the burden of disease is. They will need to establish whether it is predominantly within the group of people who use drugs or if there are other communities we need to consider, because when having peers and nurses on the ground who can reach those communities, they might need a different skill set. More broadly, for reaching the regional areas, we are advocating for a hub-and-spoke network where the vast majority of treatment would be delivered in the community with nurses and peers reaching people on the ground and with support through GPs and clinics and then through hospitals and hospital consultants as needed. That type of model is what would be needed in each region.
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