From the press release titled NHS scanning trucks help thousands get potentially life-saving liver cancer checks.
“The NHS programme is targeting at-risk groups in the community, including people with high levels of alcohol consumption, a current diagnosis or history of past viral hepatitis, or non-alcoholic liver disease, as these factors increase the risk of developing liver cancer.”
The NHS has doubled the number of mobile liver scanning teams in the last 2 years, with 20 roaming teams now offering scans to communities in every region of England – up from 11 when the pilot started.
Almost 113,000 people have had a transient elastography scan of their liver, and almost 8,500 (7%) have been referred on for vital liver cancer checks since the program began.
The program is targeting at-risk groups in the community, including people with high levels of alcohol consumption, a current diagnosis or history of past viral hepatitis, or non-alcoholic liver disease, as these factors increase the risk of developing liver cancer.
The mobile trucks move around different areas offering checks in GP practices, recovery services, food banks, diabetes clinics, sexual health clinics and homeless shelters to perform quick, non-invasive scans.
Some areas have also taken the scanning vehicles to football matches, workplaces and outside supermarkets, making it convenient for people to get tested.
