Infected Blood Enquiry & HCV Testing

GPs in England and their patients are to help the NHS find more victims of the contaminated blood scandal.

It is thought thousands of people could have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s; this affected more than 30,000 people in the UK.

From June, patients signing up to a GP practice, who received a blood transfusion before 1996, will be offered a test for hepatitis C.

There is a self-care kit which can be requested: https://hepctest.nhs.uk/