NHS to trial potentially life-saving treatment for deadly liver disease

Acute-on-chronic liver failure will be treated with device that cleans patients’ blood corrupted by toxins

The NHS is to trial a potentially life-saving new treatment for a deadly liver disease that causes the body’s vital organs to fail.

Thirteen major hospitals will use a device that cleans patients’ blood that has become corrupted by toxins as a result of them developing acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).