ALT A promotional poster from King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust encourages people to get tested for hepatitis C. Text: Around 70,000 people don't know that they have hepatitis C.
Get tested now for hepatitis C. Speak to your GP or scan the QR code to order your free test today.
Hepatitis C (HCV) spreads through:
- Sharing toothbrushes
- Sharing needles and snorting drugs
- Clippers
- Body piercing and tattoos
- Surgeries and dental work done abroad
- Blood transfusions before 1996
- HCV can cause cancer.
The NHS test-at-home service for hepatitis C is safe, discreet and easy to use.
https://hepctest.nhs.uk/ref/ste1