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Liver Screening

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when she expects the FibroScan test for liver stiffness to be available in the NHS; (119177)

(2) what assessment has been made of (a) the efficacy and (b) the cost-effectiveness of the FibroScan test for liver stiffness.

We understand that FibroScan machines are already available for national health service organisations to purchase, should they decide to do so. The NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme (www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk) is considering commissioning a review of research literature on the effectiveness of different methods of assessing degree of liver fibrosis.