Question follow-through · 105801

Liver Diseases: Obesity

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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

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  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    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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