Transplanting Patients with Alcohol-related Liver Disease in the National Health System: New Rules and Decisions

ConclusionLiver transplantation for ArLD is well established in the UK. Recent organizational changes seek to reduce inequities in access to transplant services.Short SummaryLiver disease in the UK is reaching epidemic proportions. Concerns over equity of access to liver transplantation prompted revision of the UK listing criteria for alcohol-associated liver disease in 2016, to improve to the availability of tertiary hepatology services.Transplanting patients with alcohol-related liver disease in the National Health System: New Rules and Decisions‘…The second property of your excellent sherris is, the warming of the blood; which, before cold and settled, hath left the liver white and pale…’Falstaff; Henry IV Part 2: Act 4, Scene 3
Source: Alcohol and Alcoholism - Category: Addiction Source Type: research