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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Raising Awareness of Liver Disease

  • Submitted by: Clare Haughey, Rutherglen, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-13569
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 08 October 2024

That the Parliament understands that, in the UK, there are more than 10,000 deaths due to liver disease each year, and that there has been a four-fold increase in death rates over the last 50 years; further understands that liver disease is closely linked to health inequalities, with key risk factors such as obesity, alcohol misuse and viral hepatitis most prevalent in the most marginalised and disadvantaged communities, including those in the Rutherglen constituency; understands that, while 90% of liver disease is preventable, mortality rates for chronic liver disease are now 5.5 times higher in the most deprived areas compared to the most affluent; notes the belief that greater focus on prevention and earlier detection of liver disease is essential to save lives, including through public health policies to reduce the health harms of alcohol and unhealthy food and drinks that are high in fat, salt and sugar, and pays tribute to the British Liver Trust for all of its work in raising awareness of liver disease, including through its Love Your Liver roadshow.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Ariane Burgess, Alexander Burnett, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Bob Doris, Jackie Dunbar, Tim Eagle, Joe FitzPatrick, Kenneth Gibson, Christine Grahame, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Gillian Mackay, Ben Macpherson, Ruth Maguire, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Willie Rennie, Emma Roddick, Mark Ruskell, Graham Simpson, Alexander Stewart, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Brian Whittle