Hepatitis: Drugs
(asked on 1st November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hepatitis C patients were treated using the new anti-viral drugs by NHS England in the year 2016–17; and what proportion remain free of the virus post-treatment.
This question was answered on 15th November 2017
Based on data from National Health Service trusts, the NHS treated 9,440 of the planned 10,000 patients with new anti-viral drugs in 2016-17. Data on the proportion that remain virus free is still being analysed; this information should be available by the end of 2017 when the new hepatitis C registry being established by NHS England will be fully operational.