With the Covid-19 outbreak having caused significant disruption to healthcare services, including those for hepatitis C, HCV Action organised a webinar to discuss how services have been affected in different areas across the country and explore how hepatitis C services can most effectively be re-established as we emerge from the early phase of the outbreak. This report provides a summary of the remarks from each of the four speakers and the Q&A which followed.
Addressing liver disease in the UK: a blueprint for attaining excellence in health care and reducing premature mortality from lifestyle issues of excess consumption of alcohol, obesity, and viral hepatitis
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This report, published by the Lancet Commission on Liver Disease, addresses the liver disease crisis in the UK. The report contains ten recommendations for improving liver care and reducing premature mortality rates caused by liver disease. These recommendations include the eradication of chronic hepatitis C infections in the UK by 2030, and increasing the provision of medical and nursing training in hepatology.
