09.00

Registration and tea/coffee

Session 1

Plenary
Chair - David Badcock

9.45

Treatment and Care for Hepatitis C
Dr Earl Williams, Consultant Gastroenterologist, RBH

10.15

Hepatitis C Referral Pathway
Hazel Allen, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Royal Bournemouth Hospital

10.45

Tea and Coffee

11.00

Hepatitis C and Mental Health
Martyn Lewis, Manager, Assertive Outreach Team, Dorset NHS Trust

11.30

How to support and expand: BBV Centre
Trevor Kelly, BBV Specialist, Poole and Bournemouth

12.00

Question and answers

12.15

Lunch

Session 2

Workshops and Plenary
Chair - Vincent Maguire 

13.15

Disability Benefits and Welfare Rights: Hepatitis C
Chris Williams, Bournemouth Citizens Advice Bureau

13.45

Workshop selection - please select one choice:

• Tailoring treatment and care - Hazel Allen, Royal Bournemouth Hospital

• Patient Involvement in Service Design - Siobhan Fahey, Manager of the Association of Greater Manchester PCT's Hepatitis C Strategy.
• Addiction and the Family - Charlie Lowe, Family Matters

14.30

Tea and coffee

Session 3

Workshops and Plenary
Chair - Vincent Maguire

14.50

Workshop selection - please select one choice:

• Alternative therapies- helping with symptoms - Glenda Ellway
• Be Blood Aware Campaign: Info and Training - Pauline Hennessy,UK Hepatitis C Resource Centre 
• User Involvement -Rik Hodgson  UK, Hepatitis C Resource Centre

15.40

Supporting Hepatitis C
Susan Ham, Patient and Support Group Co-ordinator