Background: Malnutrition is a cause and consequence of disease, affecting at least 3 million UK adults (Elia, 2010 [1]) of which 93% are in the community at a cost to the NHS of £13 billion/year, BDA [2]. Food should be first line treatment for anyone identified as at risk of mal...
Background: Between 25-34% of patients admitted to hospital are at risk of malnutrition, BAPEN [1]. Protected mealtimes ensure all non-essential interruptions are limited so patients are eating in a clean, quiet and safe environment, HIS [2]. The aim of this evaluation was to det...
Background: Malnutrition is frequently managed by healthcare professionals without dietetic training using care pathways, with referral to a Dietitian occurring in patients who fail on first line treatments.A better understanding of the factors associated with malnutrition could...
Background: Decisions about artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) can be difficult to make. Team working, good communication and listening to other team views are recommended in non-emergency decisions relating to ANH (Royal College of Physicians and British Society of Gastroe...
Background: Locally, experienced dietitians have been teaching carbohydrate counting (CHOC) and associated insulin dose adjustment as per nationally recognised structured patient education programmes for people with type 1 diabetes since 2005. In 2007, the BDA suggested a protoco...
Background: The aim of a tier 3 specialist weight management service (SWMS) is to encourage patients to lose and maintain clinically significant levels (5-10%) of weight, NICE CG43 [1], through a holistic, patient centred multidisciplinary approach. The service consists of specia...
Background: According to current reports, 26% of adults in the United Kingdom are obese, Royal College of Physicians [1]. This highlights a need for practical, affordable and scalable intervention strategies that induce and effectively maintain clinically significant levels of we...
Background: According to current reports, 26% of adults in the United Kingdom are obese, Royal College of Physicians [1]. This highlights a need for practical, affordable and scalable intervention strategies that induce and effectively maintain clinically significant levels of we...
Background: The aim of this reaudit was to understand the nature of the client group in terms of diagnosis, to identify how clinical treatments were being used from the departmental clinical guideline [1,2] and to identify if the aims of treatment are being met in managing falter...
Background: The Leicestershire dietetic service developed a website (www.lnds.nhs.uk) in 2004 with three levels of access; for the public, health care professionals (HCPs) and dietitians. Over 450 resources are available on the site. The website has never been evaluated, though i...