The NPSA and RCN have joined together to provide three essential factsheets for nutrition. To review or download click the following

No.1 - Food service and safe delivery of nutritional care

No.2 - Implementing protected mealtimes

No.3 - MDT approach to nutritional care

No 4 - Organisations accountable for food and hydration

No 5 - Screening for malnutrition

No 6 - Facilities working for patients / clients

No 7 - Personalising nutrition care plans

You can see example materials below, developed by 'Focus on Food' at Durham and Darlington Nutrition and Dietetic Service:

• Adapting meals
• Adding extra calories
• Care plan - moderate risk
• Moderate / high risk form
• Screening in care homes
• Under-nutrition pathway
• MUST

Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together for doctors. To download this document click here

To download a copy of BAPEN Nutrition screening week 07 report - Click here

Improving Nutritional Care launched - download here

The National Council for Palliative Care: Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, guidance in end of life care for adults. May 2007 Cost £8.00 from their website

www.ncpc.org.uk

The RCN have launched this pack to try to address poor hydration in hospital and care arenas. To view pack click here

Mencap's report highlights that learning disability patients are being nutritionally neglected

Read the new report - Death by Indifference click here

For information and a two page précis click the link below

http://www.hospitalcaterers.org/publications/downloads/coe_poster.pdf

The NPSA have launched their Protected Mealtimes review identifying barrier to implementing this initiative. For further information please click the following;  http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/health/currentprojects/nutrition/nutrition

 RCN campaign to push forward nutrition for all patients - check out their website

For advice posters and alerts please click the following http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/web/search?resultsPerPage=10&searchText=liquid

BPNG Handbook of Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes published with chapters from the NNNG