Short cuts Specialist liver units to be limited to three sites

Health secretary Frank Dobson has announced that the use of Kasai portoenterostomy - a surgical procedure used to treat children with severe liver problems - will be limited to three centres in England, following a report from the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group which found that patient outcomes were better ...

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