Liver UK launches in Westminster to put liver disease on the political agenda
Liver UK, the new name for the British Liver Trust and Children’s Liver Disease Foundation, has officially launched in Westminster with a clear message to parliamentarians — liver disease is rising, largely preventable, and demands urgent national action to...
We welcome the launch of the world’s first WHO Collaborating Centre dedicated to liver disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Imperial College London and the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) today inaugurate the first WHO Collaborating Centre dedicated to liver disease, at an event at Imperial’s White City...
New report finds consumers left in the dark by failing alcohol labels
As part of the Alcohol Health Alliance, the British Liver Trust has supported the launch of a new report on alcohol labelling in Parliament. The analysis of more than 530 alcohol products is the biggest study of its kind ever conducted. It reveals that essential...
New Pilot Assessment and Recovery Centres could save hundreds of lives a year
An additional 200 liver transplants could be carried out per year, if 15 pilot Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARC) set up by NHS Blood and Transplant are successful. Under the pilot scheme donated organs that might not otherwise have been transplanted are...