Equality considerations

Advice

NICE is committed to promoting equality, eliminating unlawful discrimination and fostering good relations between people with particular protected characteristics and others. In producing guidance and advice, NICE aims to comply fully with all legal obligations to: promote race and disability equality and equality of opportunity between men and women, eliminate unlawful discrimination on grounds of race, disability, age, sex, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity (including women post-delivery), sexual orientation, and religion or belief (these are protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010).

The Equality Act 2010 considers a diagnosis of cancer as a disability. Therefore, individuals with liver cancer, or who have had liver cancer in the past, are automatically protected by the Act. Some people with chronic liver failure and people having or recovering from liver surgery or a liver transplant may be considered disabled under the Equality Act if their condition 'has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities'. LiMAxetin should not be used in children and adolescents under the age of 18 years. Age is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.