Scottish minimum unit pricing evaluation shows 13.4% reduction in deaths
The British Liver Trust has campaigned as part of the Alcohol Health Association and alongside Alcohol Focus Scotland and SHAAP (Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems) in support of the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP). More recently, we have advocated...
Improving surveillance for hepatocellular cancer – North West London project
Patients with underlying liver problems are at risk of getting liver cancer (hepatocellular cancer (HCC)). These patients are recommended to have an ultrasound scan of their liver every 6 months to try and pick-up HCC early, when it may be cured. Currently only 30% of...
Centre for Precision Cell Therapy for the Liver PRaCTicAL
The British Liver Trust are excited to be working with NHS Lothian, University of Edinburgh, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Services (SNBTS) and Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult as part of a collaboration to create the first ‘Centre for Precision Cell Therapy for...
NHS Blood and Transplant are seeking the views of patients on living donor liver transplantation
Living donor liver transplantation emerged across the world in the early 1990s in response to the shortfall in available donor organs for patients in need of a liver transplantation. Since 1998, paediatric centres in the UK have been offering living donor...