The Government are talking action on a number of fronts to tackle the main causes of liver disease—alcohol misuse, viral hepatitis and obesity.
Following on from High Quality Care For All, a copy of which has already been placed in he Library, the National Quality Board has been established to provide strategic oversight and leadership on quality across the national health service. As part of that role, the National Quality Board will provide advice to Ministers on clinical priorities, including the appropriateness of particular action for a particular clinical area or condition. This advice will be based on a systematic methodology which will allow decisions to be made about where work to improve quality is most needed. The work on liver disease will be considered within this context.