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<p>The National Health Service ‘Better Health’ campaign aims to promote greater awareness
of liver disease and its main causes. The former Public Health England published ‘Better
care for people with co-occurring mental health and alcohol/drug use conditions: A
guide for commissioners and service providers’ which addresses potential issues of
stigma and mistrust and other barriers preventing patients from accessing treatment.</p><p>From
1 April 2022, NHS England has introduced a Commissioning for Quality and Innovation
measure to incentivise providers to improve earlier detection of liver disease for
alcohol dependent in-patients. In addition, £27 million has been invested to establish
specialist alcohol care teams in the 25% of hospitals with the highest rates of alcohol
dependence-related admissions.</p>
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