Question reference: S6W-08511
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 12 May 2022
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 May 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people received treatment for hepatitis C in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
Answer
Public Health Scotland – the National public health body for Scotland is responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of blood borne virus’. This includes collecting data on treatment numbers which, pre-pandemic, was published regularly. Data collection for BBV and HCV has been significantly impacted due to the Covid 19 pandemic, however updated figures will be published later this year within the UK Hepatitis C report.