Liver disease toolkit
Completion requirements
The aims of the BLT/RCGP Liver Priority Project are to raise awareness of liver disease as an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in the UK and to provide resources to support its optimal management in primary care.
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