Liver Committee
Liver Resources
NCEPOD ArLD Survey Report
The survey Report – ‘Remeasuring the Units’ was published by NCEPOD on 15th December 2022 and highlights where there is further work to be done. It shows that the majority of hospitals still do not have Alcohol Care Teams, that the use of the BASL/BSG Care Bundle needs to be in routine use more widely, and that in over a quarter of Trusts, patients with decompensated cirrhosis are not routinely under the care of a gastroenterologist or hepatologist. For the full Report, please click here.
IQILS Accreditation Programme Update
The IQILS accreditation programme has grown significantly. Registration to the programme is open to all liver services across the UK. If your service is interested in registering, please visit our website to sign up: https://www.iqils.org/UserRegistration/
Please contact the IQILS team at [email protected] or 0203 3075 1508 if you would like to speak to the IQILS team about the programme.
AHA Year in review 2022-2023
The Alcohol Health Alliance has published its year in review for 2023-2024 here.
Hepatology Visiting Fellowships
Specialist knowledge of hepatology is needed in all hospitals in the UK and all trainees are required to achieve core competencies in the management of patients with liver disease. Awards of up to £5,000 will be made to successful applicants, available each year.
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HCC - Improving liver cancer surveillance in the UK
This channel presents video extracts from a meeting on "Improving hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance" held in Birmingham UK, April 2024. The meeting was supported by the British Association for Study of Liver (BASL) and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). The aim of the meeting was discuss/showcase existing initiatives and new ideas for improving liver cancer surveillance in the UK.
Summer '24: The year for liver
It is shocking to realise that I have been the VP of Hepatology for a whole year. It has been a very interesting 12 months, and I am still honoured to be in this position.
Pabrinex shortage and guidance on alternatives
Pabrinex IV will be out of stock from July/ August 2024 until September 2025, due to supply issues relating to manufacturing regulations issued by the EU.
Committee Members
| Title | First name | Surname | Committee Position | Appointment type | Start of Term | End of Term |
| Dr | Coral | Hollywood | Vice President Elect | Appointed | 2022 | 2026 |
| Dr | Stuart | McPherson | Deputy Vice President | Appointed | 2023 | 2025 |
| Dr | Dina | Mansour | Committee Secretary | Appointed | 2022 | 2025 |
| Dr | Lynsey | Corless | Guideline Lead for Liver | Elected | 2024 | 2027 |
| Ms | Catherine | Bilbrough | BSGNA Representative and Committee Member | Elected | 2022 | 2025 |
| Dr | Louise | China | Committee Member | Elected | 2022 | 2025 |
| Dr | Joanna | Leithead | Committee Member | Elected | 2022 | 2025 |
| Dr | Quentin M | Anstee | Committee Member | Elected | 2022 | 2025 |
| Dr | Ankur | Srivastava | Committee Member | Elected | 2022 | 2025 |
| Dr | New Ni (Sophia) | Than | Committee Member | Elected | 2022 | 2025 |
| Prof | Helen | Reeves | Committee Member | Elected | 2023 | 2026 |
| Dr | Ashwin | Dhanda | Committee Member | Elected | 2023 | 2026 |
| Dr | Laura | Jopson | Committee Member | Elected | 2023 | 2026 |
| Dr | Emilie | Wilkes | Committee Member | Elected | 2024 | 2027 |
| Dr | Mhairi | Donnelly | Sustainability Lead | Co-Opted | 2023 | 2024 |
| Dr | Katrina | Pekarska | Committee Trainee Member | Co-Opted | 2024 | 2025 |
| Dr | Tim | Cross | BASL President Elect | Ex-Officio | ||
| Ms | Gemma | Botterill | BLNA Representative | Ex-Officio | ||
| Prof | Raj | Mookerjee | BASL secretary | Ex-Officio |
Terms of Reference
These are the Terms of Reference for the Liver Section Committee of the BSG.