QLD Hot Topic Webinar: Enhancing Hepatitis C Responses in AOD Settings: Testing, Treatment & Beyond

QLD Hot Topic Webinar: Enhancing Hepatitis C Responses in AOD Settings: Testing, Treatment & Beyond Enhancing Hepatitis C Responses in AOD Settings: Testing, Treatment & Beyond

Join us for a Queensland specific hot topic webinar to explore how Hepatitis C care is being successfully embedded into Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) settings to support Australia’s hepatitis C elimination goals by 2030.

You will learn from established clinicians doing exciting work on the front lines such as Dr. Jeremy Hayllar, Clinical Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service in North Brisbane, Kylie Page of Queensland Health and Joss O’Loan from the Kombi Clinic. In addition, QUIHN’s Peer Harm Reduction Worker Esha Leyden will be discussing her lived experience with accessing care in Queensland.
Date, Time & Platform:

Date: Thursday, 19 June 2025

Time: 6:30 – 8:00PM (AEST)

Venue:Online via Teams

Target Audience:

All healthcare workers in AOD settings, including clinicians and service managers, nurses, AOD worker, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, peer workers, and other health professionals working with priority populations in primary care and/or AOD settings.

Speakers/Facilitators:

Dr. Jeremy Hayllar, Clinical Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service in North Brisbane
Dr. Joss O’Loan, The Kombi Clinic
Kylie Page, Clinical Nurse at Queensland Health
Esha Leyden, Peer Harm Reduction Worker, QUIHN
Hayley Thompson, Nurse Practitioner, QUIHN
Course Components:

This webinar will be a 1.5hr facilitated online session, including a keynote, clinical and lived experience presentations followed by a Q&A. The program will highlight real-world models of care, lived experience and frontline clinical insights from speakers across AOD settings in both metro and regional Queensland.

Learning Outcomes:

Describe practical models of care that support hepatitis C testing and treatment in AOD settings.
Identify strategies to reduce stigma and enhance engagement with people accessing AOD services in the context of hepatitis C care.
Apply insights from peer and frontline perspectives to improve service delivery.
Endorsement and CPD:

ASHM is an RACGP-accredited CPD Provider under the RACGP CPD Program.

Funding:

This activity is funded by Queensland Health.

For more information, contact ASHM at donnamaria.youssef@ashm.org.au or 0431320429.