Service Specification 170003/S: Liver Transplantation Service (Adults)

Policy · Tier 1, UK official · UK · 2017-04-10

Current — checked with the publisher on 2026-09-02

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/liver-transplantation-service-adults.pdf

What this platform has drawn from it — 1 claim

NHS England's adult liver transplantation service specification states that a functioning liver is essential to sustain life, that no practical artificial device is currently available to support or replace a failing liver, and that liver transplantation is therefore the only life-saving therapy available. Section 1 Population Needs, 1.1 National/local context and evidence base
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How this record was checked, and what is doubtful about it

A commissioning document, not a guideline, and dated 2017. It is held here for one sentence which is the most direct statement in the ledger of what does NOT exist, and which acts as the structural corrective to every device named on this platform.

Verification: verified · last accessed 2026-09-02 · status checked against https://www.england.nhs.uk/