Dr Philip Smith, Deputy Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology and Social Media Associate Editor and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and Dr Philip Dunne, Trainee Associate Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology and Gastroenterology Registrar in the West of Scotland deanery, Glasgow UK interviews Dr Dina Mansour, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK and Dr Lynsey Corless, Consultant Hepatologist, Hull Universities Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, on the paper 'British Society of Gastroenterology Best practice guidance: outpatient management of cirrhosis, part 2 – decompensated cirrhosis’ published online in Frontline Gastroenterology in July 2023: https://fg.bmj.com/content/14/6/462