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Liver Disease Treatment Pathways

Tuesday 23 February 2021 · 2 questions

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Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Tracey Crouch asked about plans to improve liver disease treatment pathways in the UK.
  • The NHS is working to improve care for liver disease patients through the hepatobiliary clinical reference group.
  • Last autumn's spending review allocated 1 billion to address NHS backlogs and support additional checks and operations.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Tracey Crouch Con
NHS
Context

The question pertains to enhancing treatment options for patients suffering from liver diseases, a major cause of premature mortality in the UK.

Question

What plans does he have to improve liver disease treatment pathways? Liver disease has become one of the major causes of premature mortality in the UK, and covid has highlighted the susceptibility of people with liver disease to more serious cases of the virus. With that in mind, what plans does the Minister have to include improvements to liver care in the NHS recovery plan?

Answer from Helen Whately

The NHS is working to improve care for patients with all types of liver disease through NHS England's hepatobiliary clinical reference group, which started work on developing liver networks in England. Last autumn's spending review included £1 billion of funding to address backlogs and support up to 1 million extra checks, scans, and additional operations.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Specific plans for improving liver care in the NHS recovery plan were not provided.

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Q2 Tracey Crouch Con
NHS
Context

The question pertains to enhancing liver disease care as a major cause of premature mortality, exacerbated by the susceptibility to serious cases during the covid pandemic.

Question

Liver disease has become one of the major causes of premature mortality in the UK, and covid has highlighted the susceptibility of people with liver disease to more serious cases of the virus. With that in mind, what plans does the Minister have to include improvements to liver care in the NHS recovery plan?

Answer from Helen Whately

Last autumn's spending review included £1 billion of funding to address backlogs and support up to 1 million extra checks, scans, and additional operations. As the NHS recovers, we will look to not only recover backlogs but continue to improve care for liver disease patients.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Specific plans for including liver care improvements in the recovery plan were not provided.

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