Your GP will refer you to our Department if they are concerned that you have problems that require a specialist opinion regarding the diagnosis or treatment of the condition. 

Waiting times for clinics range from 1-12 months depending on urgency, which is assessed from the letter we receive from your GP.

Before coming to our clinic, you may be asked to undergo further tests such as a fibroscan, blood tests, urine tests or a liver ultrasound. These tests will help determine how quickly you need to be seen and ensure you get as many answers as possible when you are seen. It is important that you have any tests done promptly to reduce delays in being seen at the liver clinic.

Clinic appointments with either the liver specialist or the liver nurse specialist, typically last 30 minutes for the first visit and 15 minutes for subsequent visits.  A history of your symptoms will be taken, and you will undergo a physical examination.  Please bring any medications that you are taking with you.

You may be referred for some of the following radiology tests, depending on your condition: ultrasound scan, CT scan or MRI. You may also be asked to come back at a later date for a liver biopsy.

• Hepatitis

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• Cirrhosis

  Cirrhosis  More

• Haemochromatosis

  Haemochromatosis More

• Fatty Liver

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• Liver Biopsy

  The best way to establish what type of liver disease is present and the extent of the disease, is a biopsy.… More

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