Love Your Liver campaign spreads awareness at Milton Park

The British Liver Trust hosted the ‘Love Your Liver’ event, which included mobile screening and scanning unit, this month.

It is currently travelling the country throughout Liver Cancer Awareness Month (October) and served a total of 98 people at Milton Park who’d signed up for an appointment, filling all available slots.

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The day event was sponsored by Milton-Park based biopharmaceutical company, Ipsen.

Inside the mobile unit, people were encouraged to talk to a healthcare professional where they were given advice on diet, exercise and healthy living to help them take better care of their livers.

Additionally, all those who registered for a slot were offered a liver health screener, which asks a series of lifestyle questions to assess the potential for liver damage against the three main causes: alcohol, obesity and viral hepatitis.

Following this, participants were asked if they would like to have their liver checked using a FibroScan machine, not normally freely available to the public.

This is a quick, simple and non-invasive scanning method that measures the stiffness of the liver and any signs of damage, indicating its level of health.

One in five of people are at risk of liver disease and the numbers of people being diagnosed have been increasing at an alarming rate.

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Jonathan Worsfold, project delivery manager at the British Liver Trust, said: “We’re really pleased to have run such a successful and efficient Love Your Liver roadshow event at Milton Park with special thanks to Ipsen for their sponsorship.

“It’s brilliant to see so many people signing up and wanting to find out more about liver disease so that they can spot any symptoms and are aware of the key underlying causes.

“We’re looking forward to reaching and helping even more people throughout this month and encourage everyone to find out if there’s a roadshow coming to your town or city this October.”

John Chaddock, site head for Milton Park, said: “It was wonderful to have the fabulous team from the British Liver Trust and its mobile bus available for Milton Park based personnel this week.

“Many of our team had their livers scanned and received valuable information on the importance of a healthy diet and exercise in maintaining a healthy liver.

“We’re extremely proud to have sponsored this campaign to come to Milton Park and wish the British Liver Trust team the best of luck with the rest of their roadshow events.”

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For more information on upcoming roadshow events this month, visit: britishlivertrust.org.uk/information-and-support/liver-health-2/love-your-liver/events/

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This story was written by Gee Harland. She joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Wallingford, Wantage and Didcot.

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