§ Lord Faulkner of Worcesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
How they intend to build on the strategic approach to hepatitis C. [HL1383]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe Department of Health is setting up a steering group with the following terms of reference
To oversee development of the Department's strategic approach to hepatitis C by bringing together issues relating to prevention, control and treatment and to produce a document within the year, for consultation with the NHS, professional bodies and the voluntary and community sectors.The proposed membership of the group is as follows.STEERING GROUP MEMBERSHIP
Chairman
Professor Howard Thomas, Imperial College School of Medicine, London and Chairman, Advisory Group on Hepatitis
Members
Jim Camp, Needle Exchange Forum
Ms Hannah Cinamon, Health Promotion England 5WA Professor Chris Day, Medical School, Newcastle University
Ms Jo Guy, Hepatology Nurse Specialist, Southampton General Hospital
Dr Paul Hatton, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, Leeds Health Authority and Member, Advisory Group on Hepatitis
Ms Lorraine Hewitt, Action on Hepatitis C and Member, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Nigel Hughes, British Liver Trust
Dr Will Irving, Department of Microbiology, University of Nottingham and Member, Advisory Group on Hepatitis
Grant McNally, National Drug Users Development Agency
Dr Mary Ramsay, Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
Professor Gerry Stimson, Centre for Research on Drugs and Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, London
Professor John Strang, Director of the National Addiction Centre, Maudsley Hospital, London and Member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Ms Monique Tomlinson, Mainliners
Dr Martyn Wake, General Practitioner, South West London