Mr. Lawrence Murphy:

It is a great question. The understanding in this respect for people to get tested where they are at is a great incentive. Many people for whatever reasons do not engage with services nor do they need to do so. What they need is some information on potential risk factors they have encountered and it may have been decades ago or recently. They have the opportunity to get an oral swab test, which is just an indicator, and they still have to get a blood test. For them to get information that not only is such testing for the virus accessible in their community but that it is treatable in their community removes much of the stigma associated with it. There is much stigma attached to having contracted hepatitis C which is associated with drug use and bad behaviour. However, that is not the case for many people. For many people it could have resulted from experimentation.

Allowing them to be tested in the setting of their own community or within their home would be a great incentive that should be pursued.