AQW 8919/16-21

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 09/12/2016
Answered On Date: 23/12/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to list the locations that provide testing for Hepatitis C.

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.