WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION TABLED ON 14/01/2009

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OPIN-2009- 0003 - Hepatitis C and the Blood Borne Viral Action Plan for Wales

Raised By:

Jenny Randerson

Subscribers:

Paul Davies 20/01/2009

Peter Black 20/01/2009

Angela Burns 20/01/2009

Kirsty Williams 26/11/2009

Val Lloyd 26/01/2009

Chris Franks 26/01/2009

Michael German 26/01/2009

Darren Millar 26/01/2009

Alun Davies 26/01/2009

Joyce Watson 26/01/2009

Trish Law 04/02/2009

Mick Bates 06/02/2009

Hepatitis C and the Blood Borne Viral Action Plan for Wales

The National Assembly:

notes that while 14,000 people in Wales have Hepatitis C, a cancer- causing infectious virus, awareness of the condition remains low and many of those with the virus are not diagnosed and treated.

notes that in spite of the Government’s commitment to develop a Blood Borne Viral Hepatitis Action Plan since 2004, the plan has still not been launched. 

calls on the Government to end five years of waiting and publish the Action Plan without delay to ensure that Wales does not continue to lag behind Scotland and England in tackling Hepatitis C.