Question reference: S6W-19796
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 4 July 2023
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Current status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 31 July 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the merits of introducing national guidance on liver disease to address the specific epidemiology of liver disease in Scotland.
Answer
Scottish Government has made no recent assessment of the merits of introducing national guidance on liver disease to address the specific epidemiology of liver disease in Scotland.
However, there are policy initiatives to address the main risk factors associated with chronic liver disease, such as alcohol use, obesity and hepatitis C.
These policy initiatives include Minimum Unit Price for alcohol, Scotland’s diet and healthy weight delivery plan to address obesity and effective elimination of hepatitis C by 2024.