October 28, 2023
More than 2,200 people in high-risk communities were identified as being at risk of liver cancer, thanks to NHS roaming liver trucks across the country. The risk of liver cancer is due to their cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis and they were found during the last 15 months, since the program launched last year. The mobile trucks are visiting high-risk communities at GP practices, recovery services, food banks, diabetes clinics, sexual health clinics and homeless shelters to perform scans. Checks are being offered in the community to adults with high levels of alcohol consumption, a diagnosis or history of past viral hepatitis or non-alcoholic liver disease.
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