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Interesting that it's just England (and not Scotland, Wales, or NI). I realize they all have independent NHSs, but still would assume a program like this would
by alistairSH 2mo ago
Interesting that it's just England (and not Scotland, Wales, or NI). I realize they all have independent NHSs, but still would assume a program like this would rolled out across all the constituent countries.
- beejiu 2mo agoEach country also has their own Public Health bodies, so pretty much everything related to health is devolved
- alistairSH 2mo agoYes, that's what I said - each is named "NHS [country]" (National Health Service [England | Scotland | etc]).
- beejiu 2mo agoSplitting hairs, but the public health bodies are separate from the National Health Services (so there exists Public Health England _and_ NHS England). Public health is slightly different to healthcare, but of course they work together. Oddly, Public Health Scotland is part of NHS Scotland; but Public Health England is not part of NHS England, it's a parallel department.
- alistairSH 2mo agoGotcha, clearly I know just enough about the UK government to prove how little I know about the UK government. :) I'm British by birth (well, UAE, but they don't do jus soli), but been in the US since kindergarten and naturalized since college.
- alibarber 2mo agoI wouldn't have assumed this really because really the whole point of devolution is that they get to choose what to prioritise, so perhaps the other nations choose to do something they consider to be more pressing for their populations.
- actionfromafar 2mo agoYeah... but there aren't any borders really.
- FartyMcFarter 2mo agoI don't know if borders matter much in this case. It's approximately just as easy to travel to England from many other countries as it is to travel to England from the rest of the UK.
- alibarber 2mo agoGiven that Great Britain is an island, it is still much easier to drive down the M6/A74(M) or take a hike around the Welsh borders than say, take a flight or swim.
- nephihaha 2mo agoIt can be quicker to reach southern England from continental Europe than from Northern Ireland or many parts of Scotland. Or the Isle of Man (which I'm well aware is a Crown Dependency.) The UK consists of a number of islands. We have hundreds in Scotland with tens of thousands of people living on the other ones. England and Wales have significant ones such as the Isle of Wight, Ynys Môn and Lindisfarne. The IOW has at least 100,000 on it.
- eptcyka 2mo agoIt is a lot harder to travel into England from outside of the United Kingdom than it is to travel from England to Scotland or Wales. For one, I do not need a passport to get on a train to Scotland. Nor do I need a visa.
- jermaustin1 2mo agoBut you most likely have a passport, and most (western/european) countries have "automatic" visas to the UK, so for the most part, training from London to Edinburgh isn't much easier than Paris to London. Sure there is no passport control, but UK passport control is typically just scan your passport's chip and look at a camera.
- amiga386 2mo agoEach nation has different social and health issues, each nation makes its own plan. All four nations NHSes work with a single charity, the Hep C Trust. They're all following the WHO targets for elimination -- you're hearing about this now soon after World Hepatitis Day (July 28th, as conceived of by the WHO). https://www.hepctrust.org.uk/blog/2026/07/four-nations-on-the-road-to-elimination-for-world-hepatitis-day-2026/ https://www.hepctrust.org.uk/blog/2026/07/four-nations-on-th... As for progress: - July 2026: Wales doesn't have percentage-of-population counts but here's its latest report: https://phw.nhs.wales/reports/trends-in-the-prevention-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-hepatitis-b-and-hepatitis-c-in-wales-annual-surveillance-report-2026-data-to-end-of-2025/ https://phw.nhs.wales/reports/trends-in-the-prevention-diagn... - November 2025: Scotland believes it has identified and is treating 85% of chronic sufferers: https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/surveillance-of-hepatitis-c-in-scotland/surveillance-of-hepatitis-c-in-scotland-progress-on-elimination-of-hepatitis-c-as-a-major-public-health-concern-2025-update/ https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/surveillance-... - January 2021: Northern Ireland doesn't publish stats, but has a 2021-2025 plan (there's no 2026- plan issued as far as I know) https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/northern-ireland-hepatitis-c-elimination-plan https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/northern-ireland-h...
- MarceliusK 2mo agoSo it is less "England has a program and the others don't" and more that each NHS is pursuing the same WHO goal independently, with different reporting and timelines
- MarceliusK 2mo agoMy guess is that devolution makes these programs and statistics look more separate than they really are