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New Love Your Liver unit launched to reach and support more people at risk of liver disease
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new, larger Love Your Liver mobile unit, which will allow us to reach more people across the UK and engage with more stakeholders.
Pamela Healy OBE, chief executive at the British Liver ...
British Liver Trust appoints new Chair of Trustees
Sheriff and Alderman of City of London, Alastair King has been appointed the new Chair of the British Liver Trust. Here he talks about his aspirations for the charity.
I am delighted to be the new Chair of the British Liver Trust. ...
Liver charity raises concerns as numbers of people calling helpline surge due to pressure in the NHS and the rising cost of living
The British Liver Trust has expressed concern as the charity reports 58% more calls to their nurse-led helpline in January 2023 than in January 2022, with around 95 per cent of callers citing difficulty in obtaining an appointment in ...
NHS Fife leading the way in the early detection of liver disease
NHS Fife is the latest region in Scotland to confirm that it has a new effective pathway for the early detection of liver disease. Scotland is facing a public health emergency with liver disease one of the leading causes of death in ...
Liver nurses ‘listen for red flags’ and are here to help
My name is Rebecca, and I am proud to manage the British Liver Trust’s nurse-led helpline. We are here for everyone with any type of liver condition or liver cancer.
It may be a call from the patient, or from a family member who is ...
British Liver Trust supports Obesity Health Alliance Position Statement on Health Inequalities
The Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) is a coalition of 50 health organisations including the British Liver Trust, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Diabetes UK the British Medical Association and medical royal colleges and ...
New report aims to improve the systems surrounding organ use so more lives can be saved by transplantation
The British Liver Trust has welcomed the recommendations outlined in a new report published today which aims to improve our transplantation system and will hopefully result in more liver transplants for those in need. The report also ...
The UK Liver Alliance is calling for liver disease to be a health priority
The UK Liver Alliance has written to the Secretary of State for Health, Steve Barclay, calling for liver disease to be appropriately recognised in policy initiatives, plans and strategies. The UK Liver Alliance is a coalition of more ...
Top ten tips for coffee morning success!
Coffee mornings can be a brilliant Big Yellow Friday fundraiser as well as a great excuse for a get together. Emma has done one every year for several years, raising over £8000 for CLDF. Here she shares her tips for maximising income ...
New hepatitis B in England report sets the stage for action on elimination
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has released a new report on hepatitis B in England. The report is the first of its kind. It sets out the data on hepatitis B and how near England is to meeting the WHO targets to eliminate ...
Mother to child transmission of Hepatitis B eliminated in England
Hepatitis B transmission from mothers to babies has been eliminated in England, thanks to universal screening and targeted infant immunisation.
An estimated 206,000 people in England live with chronic hepatitis B, a viral infection ...
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 ...
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