Who else can help?
C-Level
11 Queens Crescent
St Georges Cross
Glasgow
G4 9AS
Tel: 0141 332 2520
Email: info@c-level.org.uk
Web: www.c-level.org.uk
Charity working with people who are at risk or infected by Hepatitis C, as well as the professionals who work with these groups.
NHS Choices: Get Tested- Get Treated
Web: http://www.nhs.uk/hepatitisc/Pages/default.aspx
HEAL (Hepatitis Education & Awareness Lothian)
Tel: 07989 532317
Web: www.healhep.com
Aim to provide current up to date information regarding the hepatitis C virus. The group operate a helpline for information, advice, support or just a chat, which is completely confidential.
Hep C Nomads
Tel: 01326 569048
Email: hepcnomads@googlemail.com
Web: www.hepcforum.co.uk
The Hepatitis C Trust
27 Crosby Row
London SE1 3YD
Helpline: 0845 223 4424
Open Monday to Friday 10:30am to 4:30pm
Email: helpline@hepctrust.org.uk
Web: www.hepctrust.org.uk
Runs a range of services to provide support, information and representation for people with
hepatitis C, as well as a national telephone helpline staffed by volunteers.
www.whatnottoshare.com – Hepatitis C Trust website
Hep C Compass
www.hepccompass.co.uk
Hepatitis C information for patients subscribed Schering-Plough medication.
The Eddystone Trust
Tel: 01752 251666
Web: www.eddystone.org.uk
Offers free, confidential information on HIV and hepatitis C in Plymouth, Torbay and South and West Devon.
UK Hepatitis C Resource Centre
276 Bath St
Glasgow G2 4JR
Hepatitis C Information line: 0870 242 2467
Open Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm.
Email: info@hepccentre.org.uk
Web: www.hepccentre.org.uk
Helps anyone interested in hepatitis C. Funded by Department of Health (England) and the Scottish Executive and managed through the charity Mainliners.
Mainliners
2nd Floor, Downstream Building
1 London Bridge
London SE1 9BG
Hepatitis C Information line: 0870 242 2467
Tel: 020 7022 1890
Email: admin@mainliners.org.uk
Web: www.mainliners.org.uk
Working to improve quality of life and prevent HIV, hepatitis and drug related harm through outreach, information and education.
The Skipton Fund
PO Box 50107
London SW1H 0YF
Tel: 020 7808 1160
Web: www.skiptonfund.org
Set up by the government, the Fund distributes payments of £20,000 to people who can prove
that they were infected with hepatitis C before 1991 due to treatment within the NHS. A further
£25,000 is available if the hepatitis C leads to cirrhosis, liver cancer or a transplant.
Narcotics Anonymous
Is a non-profit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem - recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.
Tel: 0300 999 12 12 (10am - 10pm, seven days a week. Out of hours, home divert system runs a 24 hour service)
Email: NAHelpline@ukna.org
Web: www.ukna.org
There are also a number of local support groups around the UK – ask your medical advisor for information.
The EMC medicine guides
An independent, unbiased and non promotional website for medicines prescribed in the UK, providing information for anyone, in the UK wanting to understand how best to use and take their medicine.
http://www.medicines.org.uk/guides