Our policy priorities

We are committed to ensuring our policy work is patient-led and outcome focussed.

Liver disease is complex, and different conditions need different solutions. Our policy priorities focus on our three main missions which include: improving prevention, early detection, and addressing health inequalities and stigma.

We are working to:

Make early diagnosis routine
Tackle alcohol harm
Improve the nation’s diet and reduce obesity
Improve liver cancer outcomes
Eliminate hepatitis C
Drive up standards of liver care
Improve diagnosis and care for children and young people with liver disease
Improve access to transplants and treatments

We turn policy into practice by working with decision-makers across the UK, sharing evidence, raising awareness and making sure the voices of people affected by liver disease are heard. We champion evidence-based, patient-led policymaking.

It is important that policy makers understand the challenges faced by people affected by liver disease. This helps keep liver disease a priority amongst competing priorities.

This includes inequalities in funding and research, to unlocking improvements in detection, care and services.

We work across the UK to influence policy and decision-making at every level of the health system – from government and the NHS to national bodies and healthcare leaders.

Political engagement and advocacy help secure the commitment and resources needed to improve services and outcomes for patients.

We are also calling for political representatives to write to their local ICB or equivalent body in the devolved nation to confirm there is a full liver disease pathway.

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