Only 21 community pharmacies have provided hepatitis C testing since service launch

摘要

Just 21 pharmacies across England have carried out testing under the community pharmacy hepatitis C antibody testing service since its launch, according to data obtained by The Pharmaceutical Journal. This is despite more than 650 community pharmacies registering to deliver the service (/article/news/fewer-than-700-community-pharmacies-sign-up-to-provide-hepatitis-c-testing) since September 2020. The figures, provided by NHS England in response to a freedom of information request on 20 December 2022, also revealed that, as of 31 August 2022, the participating community pharmacies had carried out a total of 565 hepatitis C antibody tests.