Liver disease toolkit
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 commissioners
This section provides links to resources specifically aimed at commissioners.
A financial case for action on liver disease has been developed by the Foundation for Liver Research and this report has been endorsed by the lancet commission on liver disease.
Scotland
There is public health information for Scotland relating to:
Wales
England
In England NICE has produced a quality standard for the management of liver disease. This quality standard covers identifying, assessing and managing chronic liver disease in children, young people and adults, and cirrhosis in young people and adults. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
NHS England has published a policy statement on the management of chronic Hepatitis C in patients with cirrhosis.
The Foundation for Liver Research has compiled customised liver disease profiles for each of the 533 parliamentary constituencies in England:
- Profiles for constituencies with names beginning a-s
- Profiles for constituencies with names beginning t-z
Public Health England has developed an atlas that shows variation in healthcare for people with liver disease England. [14,885 KB, PDF]