NHS hits milestone of 200 children with Hep C treated in bid to stamp out virus

NHS hits milestone of 200 children with Hep C treated in bid to stamp out virus Two hundred children in England have now received life-saving treatment for hepatitis C as part of a world-first NHS programme, according to latest figures.

Thanks to a new national service, the children – aged three to 18 years – were identified for treatment over the past two years and became the first in the world to receive curative anti-viral tablets with a treatment success rate of 99%. NHS England