44468 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 05 Aug 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	44468 (2024)
Question asked:	22 Jul 2024
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	30 Jul 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_44468_2024
Document guid:	b9dc5417-1ebd-4856-936d-5d712d95ceb1

44468 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter (January to March 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 January to March 2024 quarter, regional hepatitis C services continued to work with needle exchanges to provide information about key harm reduction messages for health care workers.