Assessment of patients who have a positive hepatitis B or a positive hepatitis C PCR test, is carried out by either a Consltant Hepatologist at the Regional Liver Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast or by a local Consultant Gastroenterologist who specialises in viral hepatitis.
All patients who require antiviral therapy for their illness receive this at the Regional Liver Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
Hepatitis Nurse Specialists provide additional support to both the regional liver unit and the local Consultant Gastroenterologists and are based at the Regional Liver Unit, Royal Hospitals. They can also provide written information on hepatitis B and hepatitis C