2015-10-22
Question in parliament: My constituency question is to the Minister for Health. I was very pleased in August when at the Melbourne West Hepatitis Action Forum the minister committed to convening a round table with key stakeholders on hepatitis policy and to creating a stand-alone government strategy on hepatitis B and C, but I was unclear as to whether the government will create a combined hepatitis strategy or separate strategies for each of these diseases. It would be appropriate for Victoria to create separate stand-alone strategies for hepatitis B and C, as has been done by the federal government, New South Wales, South Australia and WA.
Since that time a number of constituents have come to me and asked when this will happen and for further information, so I ask the minister: when will the government be convening the round table, and will it be developing separate stand-alone strategies for hepatitis B and C?