The Liver Unit

Liver Unit Website

The Adult Liver Unit (ward 83)

The Adult Liver Unit has been consecutively awarded the Charter Mark for its excellence of service since 1995 and is led by a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team with a wide background of knowledge. The ward is on the training circuit for medical students, student nurses and doctors in training.

In December 2009, the Unit moved to new facilities situated in Bexley wing, ward 83. The Unit’s bed base has increased to 32 beds, of which 21 remain as the supra-regional referral centre for care of patients with hepatobilary disorders. The ward cares for a mixture of patients with both high and low dependency needs.

We provide services, treatment and management for:

Acute and chronic liver disorders ranging from investigation of deranged liver function to life threatening acute liver failure
Transplant assessment, click here for further information
Assessment for Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Post liver transplant care, management and discharge planning, for further information click here
For further information relating to your stay on the ward please click here

Twice weekly multidisciplinary team meetings are held to discuss and debate individualised care and treatment options. Patients receive full information regarding their condition to enable them to make informed decisions and choices and have access to a social worker and patient support group.

Following a liver transplant some patients maybe transferred to their local hospital to be nearer to home, if their recovery is prolonged. For further information to support discharge from the liver unit following transplantation click here

Contact details

Our contact telephone number is 0113 2068563

Ward 83,

Bexley Wing

St James’s University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds LS9 7TF

Patient information leaflets about liver disease can be viewed on the British Liver Trust site at www.britishlivertrust.org.uk

or they can be contacted on 01425 481320. A helpline is also provided 0800 652 7330.

The Unit has worked in partnership with the University of Leeds to develop an accredited hepatobiliary course (nursing). These liver modules are at level 3 (degree) and cover a wide range of liver diseases and the underlying pathophysiology. For further information about courses at Leeds University please click on the link below.

http://www.healthcare.leeds.ac.uk/pages/courses/cpdinfo/shortprogs/liver.htm