Gareth Davies MP attended a drop-in event organised by the APPG on Liver Cancer and Liver Disease and the British Liver Trust to raise awareness and promote early diagnosis.
Since 1970, deaths due to liver disease have increased by 400%. Every day, over 40 people die from liver disease in the UK. This is in contrast to other major diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, in which the number of deaths have either remained stable or decreased.
90% of liver disease is preventable, but three-quarters of people are currently diagnosed at a late stage when it is too late for lifestyle changes or intervention. If caught early, as one of the only organs that can replace damaged tissue with new cells rather than scar tissue, the liver can often recover. This is why it is so important to get diagnosed early.
