This recognises that research from both Scotland and England indicates that getting people into treatment for their drug problems leads to significant health gains, reduced use of illegal drugs and injecting, and, in consequence, less risk of infections like Hepatitis C;issuing Hepatitis C materials for professionals and patients;funding the establishment of a national clinical database of patients diagnosed with hepatitis to help evaluate the effectiveness of treatment; giving grant towards the UK Hepatitis C Resource Centre Scotland, which is based in Glasgow and offers support and advice on testing and treatment to those affected by Hepatitis C, andfunding of some £300,000 from 2002 from the Executive’s Effective Interventions Unit for research, which aims to find better and more creative ways of changing behaviour among injecting drug users. eHepTo bring further coherence and impetus to this programme...