4206 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 21 Feb 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	4206 (2025)
Question asked:	09 Feb 2025
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	17 Feb 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_04206_2025
Document guid:	895c3747-f688-4c10-b935-b614e241e444

4206 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter July to September 2024 toward the objective ‘Educate health care providers on harm reduction and prevention of hepatitis C’ under ‘Focus area 2: Prevention and harm reduction’ in the National Hepatitis C Action Plan?

Hon Casey Costello: I am advised that, during the July to September 2024 quarter, regional hepatitis C services continued to work with needle exchanges to provide key harm reduction messages for health care workers, and delivered education sessions to Corrections staff.