Medical Case Reports

Biography

Biography: Roger Williams

Abstract

The presentation will present and discuss the 2014-2015 reports of the Commission. First report was entitled: “Addressing the Crisis of Liver Disease in the UK: A blueprint for obtaining excellence in health care in liver disease and reducing premature mortality from the major lifestyle issues of excess alcohol consumption, obesity and viral hepatitis”. 10 key recommendations were selected for urgent implementation on the basis that they were most likely to have a major effect. The second report examines the progress made over a twelve month period in the implementation of these recommendations. It describes a considerable increase in awareness of liver disease in the public arena, with much media attention, although Government has not yet agreed on the necessary regulatory actions. Interactions with Public Health England on their work on improving public health have increased and new working parties are considering the value of liver function tests in the triage of cases found to have abnormal findings in primary care. The new organisation and availability of the new and much more effective anti HCV agents for all cirrhotic cases are considered in relation to the prospects for eradicating HCV infection in the UK in the foreseeable future. Finally in the presentation, I describe important new cooperation with the European Association for the Study of Liver Disease in tackling the disease burden in the European Union (29 million individuals suffering from a chronic liver condition) with their new research road map for liver disease, HEPAMAP.