Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119679

Liver Diseases: Disadvantaged

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Lorraine Beavers

LabourBlackpool North and Fleetwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted interventions he plans to introduce to reduce the effects of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in areas with high levels of deprivation.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Liver disease is a broad term for several conditions affecting the liver and pancreas and the Government is taking decisive action to tackle ill health and shift the focus on diseases such as liver disease from treatment to prevention.The most prevalent c...

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