AQW 8919/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to list the locations that provide testing for Hepatitis C.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 9 December 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 9 December 2016
- Answer due by
- 29 December 2016
- Answered
- 23 December 201614 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Testing for hepatitis C is available from the following locations and services in the north of Ireland;
HSC hospitals,
Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) clinics,
GP practices,
Occupational Health Departments,
drug outreach and treatment services in most Trusts,
the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC),
the Belfast Sex Worker Service of the Belfast HSC Trust,
the screening service for new entrants to Northern Ireland within the Belfast HSC Trust,
homeless outreach teams, and
the prison healthcare service.