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East Kilbride MP backs campaign to improve liver health

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With chronic liver disease mortality rates highest across NHS Lanarkshire, East Kilbride's MP is supporting an awareness initiative aimed at improving liver health.Dr Lisa Cameron attended an event in Parliament hosted by the British Liver Trust during Love Your Liver Awareness Month to hear more about the UK’s liver disease epidemic and the importance of liver health.The drop-in day clinic was organised by the British Liver Trust in conjunction with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Liver Disease and Liver Cancer.During the day, MPs were given the opportunity to have a non-invasive liver scan, which measures the stiffness of the liver, and to find out about the charity’s work to improve early diagnosis of liver disease and liver cancer.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Recent figures show chronic liver disease mortality rates in 2020 were highest in NHS Lanarkshire (24.2 per 100,000 population).

This has been compounded by an increase in chronic liver disease hospital stay rates in all NHS Boards.Hospital stays due to chronic liver disease in NHS Lanarkshire have increased by 60 per cent in the last 10 years rising from 908 stays in 2010 to 1,456 stays in 2020.And the liver disease mortality in NHS Lanarkshire increased by 79 per cent between 2019 (13.52 per 100,000) and 2020 (24.2 per

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