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 (General)
This section contains articles and resources for primary care practitioners on liver disease, its impact, its risk factors and prevention, its early diagnosis and its management.
- Liver disease in the UK, an overview [237 KB, PDF]
- Cirrhosis and its management in primary care [157 KB, PDF]
- Non-alcohol-related fatty liver disease and its management [136 KB, PDF]
- Alcohol-related liver disease and its management [283 KB, PDF]
- Hepatitis B infection [269 KB, PDF]
- Hepatitis C infection [172 KB, PDF]
- Eliminating Hepatitis C as a major public health threat - the challenges ahead
- NHS England strikes world leading deal to help eliminate hepatitis C, 30 April 2019, NHS
- Hepatitis C: patient re-engagement exercise, NHS England and Public Health England, 13 November 2020
- Prolonged neonatal jaundice and its management, October 2016 [124 KB, PDF]
- LFT blood testing and investigations in liver disease (summarising the British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines 2021) [522 KB, PDF]