The PBC Foundation
Charity number: SC025619
Website: www.pbcfoundation.org.uk
Description:
The PBC Foundation is the only organisation in the UK providing free help, support and information to those affected by Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC), a progressive autoimmune liver disease with no known cause or cure.
Thought to affect 20,000 people in the UK, including 1:400 women over the age of 40, PBC causes the progressive destruction of the bile ducts in the liver. Unlike better known liver conditions, PBC is not related to alcohol or drug abuse.
The Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life for PBC sufferers by increasing their access to support and information. We also work to educate the general public and medical professionals about this still largely unknown disease and facilitate medical research into PBC.