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Action stations against the ‘silent epidemic’

Jennifer Trueland Freelance journalist

Nurses have been pivotal to Scotland’s success in tackling hepatitis C, says Jennifer Trueland

Hepatitis C has been a major public health issue in Scotland. However, thanks to a nurse-led action plan launched in 2006, the country is now a globally recognised model of good practice where diagnosis and treatment levels are improved and spread of infection is falling.

Nursing Standard. 29, 6, 22-23. doi: 10.7748/ns.29.6.22.s26

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