Liver disease toolkit
Resources for practitioners (National guidance)
This section provides links to national guidance and resources focusing on the management of liver disease
- NICE NG49 non-alcoholic fatty liver disease guidance (2016)
- NICE NG50 cirrhosis in over 16s guidance (2016)
- Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests, British Society of Gastroenterology
- NICE PH43 hepatitis B and C testing guidance (2013)
- NICE CG165 hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management (2017)
- Management of hepatitis C, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN).
- Management of obesity, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN).
- NICE CG189: obesity guidance (2014)
- NICE CG115: Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence (2011)
- The Liver Disease Delivery Plan for Wales (2015-2020).
- Lancet Commission: Addressing liver disease in the UK: a blueprint for attaining excellence in health care and reducing premature mortality from lifestyle issues of excess consumption of alcohol, obesity, and viral hepatitis (2014)
- Lancet Commission: Implementation of the Lancet Standing Commission on Liver Disease in the UK (2015)
- Lancet Commission: New metrics for the Lancet Standing Commission on Liver Disease in the UK (2018)
- Caring for people with liver disease: a competency framework for nursing, Royal College of Nursing
- WHO Hepatitis C fact sheet
- WHO Hepatitis B fact sheet
- Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK
- Public Health England guidance and resources for GPs and patients: towards Hepatitis C elimination - patient re-engagement exercise