HEPATITIS B AND THE RISING CURVE REPORT

That this House is alarmed by the figures exposed in the Rising Curve report published by the Hepatitis B Foundation UK, revealing that chronic hepatitis B in the UK has doubled since 2002, rising from 180,000 people to 325,000; calls on the Department of Health to revise figures on chronic hepatitis B to ensure trusts receive the full funding necessary for hepatitis B prevention and treatment; further calls upon the Government to implement urgently a hepatitis B strategy and preventative public health measures on hepatitis B, including a reappraisal of the current vaccination policy; and further calls upon Government to introduce an effective GP and public education plan on hepatitis B in the UK.