The project uses retrospective data, so it offers no immediate benefit to patients. Instead, it aims to improve understanding of chronic liver disease, support future research, and help NHS services plan and target care more effectively.
The project has academic and professional benefits because it will generate a reproducible research framework
for studying chronic liver disease progression using de-identified routine health data. It will support publications,
conference presentations, methodological learning in prediction modelling, and development of validated
analytical frameworks and pipelines for future research.
Organisationally, the work may help participating NHS and academic partners understand the feasibility, data
quality and governance requirements for chronic liver disease research in a secure data environment.
