Community Liver Health Checks

Liver disease can be present without any symptoms for many years. We want to diagnose liver disease as early as possible to give people with liver disease the best chance of recovery. It is estimated that over 2,000,000 people are living with liver disease, making it the fifth largest cause of death in the country.

The community liver health van enables clinical staff to offer a simple, non-invasive test to people aged 35-70 who may be at increased risk of liver disease, based on their medical history. Visitors can expect to receive a simple and quick non-invasive test, called a fibro scan, from a trained nurse. This test looks for any liver inflammation or scarring and is completely painless.

Liver disease has no symptoms in the early stages, and as 90% of liver disease is preventable, it is really valuable for people to get an early diagnosis and benefit from specialist treatments that may not be effective at a later stage. Early screening also helps people make conscious lifestyle changes to improve their liver function and overall health.

Those aged between 35 and 70 with one or more of the following eligibility criteria are encouraged to come along;

• Past or current history of blood-borne virus (Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C)
• Diabetes or Pre-diabetic
• Known or suspected fatty liver
• Overweight
• Alcohol intake over 14 units per week (equivalent to 6 pints of beer or cider, or 1.5 bottles of wine)

North East London Liver Health Community Events

If you feel that any of these risk factors apply to you, we would love to see you at one of our screening events.

We also offer testing for Hepatitis C so please do ask on the day!

Please see the list below for information on upcoming events:

Contact us at bartshealth.communityliverhealth@nhs.net to learn more about the availability of the event.