Beyond the C
Help us eliminate hepatitis C by 2030
Thank you for your support and interest in the program. Enrolments have re-opened and ASHM has a limited number of spots available until July 2025. Register your interest below!
Beyond the C is a national partnership program with General Practice,
to find people who may be living with hepatitis C, and to engage and connect them with care.
Improve the quality of care for communities most affected by hepatitis C
Align your practice with the 5th National Hepatitis C Strategy
Increase MBS billing potential and access
PIP QI funds
Build team capacity and obtain Continuing Professional Development activity
Supporting your practice
When you join the program, you’ll have personalised support through our Practice Nurse Advisor and local health services, along with ongoing access to a suite of tools and resources to guide you to:
• Plan your clinical audit using a PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) template
• Conduct a clinical audit to find hepatitis C cases
• Make the most of your medical software system to conduct case-finding
• Implement quality improvement activities in your practice.
You and your team will learn more about hepatitis C and how to support individuals and priority populations who are impacted by it. You can make a significant difference in people’s long-term health outcomes, and contribute to the goal of eliminating hepatitis C.
Beyond the C auditing and educational activities also contribute to the new GP CPD requirements.
The Beyond the C program has been accredited in the 2023–2026 ACRRM PD Program for 5 Outcome Measurement hours. ASHM is an RACGP-accredited CPD Provider under the RACGP CPD Program – this activity has been approved for 5 Measuring Outcomes hours.
Why eliminate hepatitis C?
With the availability of direct-acting antivirals (DAA), we have an opportunity to prevent hepatitis C from causing liver damage and impacting a person’s health and wellbeing. In Australia, more than 122,000 people are still living with chronic hepatitis C and many are unaware they have the virus. [1]
If we can find and treat people with hepatitis C, we have an opportunity to eliminate hepatitis C as a major health threat. You will also:
• Save lives and reduce the onward transmission of hepatitis C
• Prevent hepatic cancer and promote better liver health
• Improve quality of life for priority populations who may be at increased risk of hepatitis C.
Learn case-finding and clinical audit skills
Through this program, your practice will learn case-finding skills and processes, in a supported way – skills you can apply more broadly to other health issues.
Other benefits include:
• Alignment with the Quality Improvement Practice Incentive Program
• Improve your practice’s capacity for continuous quality improvement
• Provide improved care to your patients
• Create opportunities to address other clinical priorities and needs
• Sustain your case-finding and clinical audit capabilities.
Who can sign up?
You will need to meet the following eligibility criteria to enrol in the program:
You must have the capacity
to extract data from your
practice software
You must complete a Terms of Reference document to enrol in the project
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For all queries related to Beyond the C – Hepatitis C Elimination in Your Practice
References 1. WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis; The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity; Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine. Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project, National Report 2020. 2020. 89 p.
