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Chronic liver disease: a primary care discussion

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A practical discussion to help primary care pharmacy professionals appropriately manage patients with chronic liver disease.

This article forms part of a series
  1. Primary care discussions: a series of webinars for primary care
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    2. Supporting pharmacists with HRT decision making
    3. HRT use in clinical practice: a primary care discussion
    4. Reviewing medicines for people at risk of falls
    5. Lipid Management: a primary care discussion
    6. Parkinson's disease: a primary care discussion
    7. Chronic liver disease: a primary care discussion
    8. Hypertension care in community pharmacy: a primary care discussion
    9. Biosimilar insulin: a primary care discussion
    10. Population health in practice: a primary care discussion
    11. Navigating difficult conversations with confidence
    12. Progressing as a pharmacy professional: a primary care discussion
    13. Social prescribing and pharmacy: a primary care discussion

Contents

  1. About the webinar
    1. Why is it important
    2. What you will learn
  3. Speakers
    1. Non-SPS Speakers
    2. SPS Speakers
  5. Recording
  6. Update history

About the webinar

Pharmacists discussed how to appropriately manage your patients with chronic liver disease, what medicines they should avoid, ways to ensure that their liver disease is appropriately monitored and when to refer for specialist management. This webinar was recorded in April 2023.

This recording was part of our primary care ‘on the couch’ discussions series. Each focussed on a different topic and featured discussions between subject matter experts. Recorded between 2023 and 2025, the resources aim to support you in your daily practice and can be watched on their own or as a series. Use the links at the top of the page to navigate between the different webinar recordings.

Why is it important

The incidence of chronic liver disease is increasing.

It is important that pharmacy professionals in primary care know how to appropriately manage these patients and advise them with regards their medications.

What you will learn

At the end of this “on the couch” conversation you should:

  • appreciate that the incidence of liver disease is increasing and some of the reasons why
  • list some of the complications of chronic liver disease and the medicines used to treat them
  • summarise which medicines to avoid in chronic liver disease
  • outline when to refer patients with liver disease for specialist management

Speakers

Non-SPS Speakers

Helen Boothman

Lead Hepatology Pharmacist, St George’s Hospital, London and Chair of the British Hepatology Pharmacy Group

Poonam Jethwa

Specialist Pharmacist, Wandle PCN, London

Kieran Reynolds

CPhO Clinical Fellow 2022-23, Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS)

SPS Speakers

Learn more about the SPS team that facilitated this event below.

Recording

This webinar was recorded in April 2023. Information presented during this webinar is correct at time of recording. Current guidance should be followed.

 

Update history

  1. Republished
  2. Article reformatted and linked to primary care discussion webinar series
  1. Video format updated
  1. Title, summary and URL updated.
  1. Published