New report points to avoidable and unnecessary alcohol related liver disease deaths
Publication today in the Lancet ‘Deaths from alcohol-related liver disease: an escalating tragedy’ highlights the need for urgent action to reduce unnecessary and avoidable deaths from alcohol-related liver disease. The Lancet article follows a report published this...
Research shows fatty liver disease may endanger brain health
In a study examining the potential link between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and brain dysfunction, scientists at the Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology, affiliated to King’s College London and the University of Lausanne, found an accumulation of fat...
Information for patients regarding NHS staff strikes in December 2022
Trade unions representing NHS staff are in dispute with the Government over the 2022/23 pay award. A number of the unions have balloted their NHS members to take part in industrial action. As a result members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are striking on the...
New data reveals deadly impact of ‘pandemic drinking culture’ with record rise in alcohol-related liver disease deaths
The British Liver Trust is calling for the Government to take urgent action to tackle the UK’s ‘harmful’ drinking culture, exacerbated by the pandemic, as new figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that the number of people dying from alcohol-related...