Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 105801

Liver Diseases: Obesity

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with medical professionals about care for people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now commonly referred to as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), although the terms are still often used interchangeably.While the Department has not had any recent discussions with medical...

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