# Purchase of Fibroscan standalone liver elastography machine

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts.

## Key facts

- Buyer: Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts
- Supplier: Echosens UK Ltd
- Award value: £100,000
- Tender value: £100,000
- Award date: 30 June 2020
- Published: 16 July 2020
- Contract start: 1 July 2020
- Contract end: 30 June 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: cccf863c-cc1a-4315-a283-5cf37abd93b1-370913
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-19b43008-2c77-43f8-927e-6e2475d12f17

## Description

The Trust required to purchase new standalone liver elastography machine\. The 'Fibroscan' is now the gold standard method to assess the degree of liver fibrosis in patients without the need for a biopsy and is used in clinical practice guidelines \(including NICE\) for many disorders such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease \(NAFLD\)\. In recent years, the number of patients being seen in the liver clinic with NAFLD has increased dramatically\. This is most commonly related to being overweight\. Patients with NAFLD are not only at risk of developing liver fibrosis but also are at risk of heart attacks, strokes and diabetes\. The new Fibroscan machines are able to measure the amount of fat within the liver with the CAP score \(controlled attenuation parameter\) to diagnose this without the need for biopsy\. The standard 'M-probe' that the Fibroscan uses is often unable to take an accurate reading in patients who are very overweight\. In these cases, the new 'XL-probe' is required to take the Fibroscan measurements\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cccf863c-cc1a-4315-a283-5cf37abd93b1-370913)