Dr Mike Stroud, Chair of BAPEN states:
“The NCEPOD Report ‘A Mixed Bag’ provides solid evidence that many hospitals are currently delivering unsafe artificial nutrition to the most vulnerable adults and babies.
Issued: 24th June 2010
BAPEN, the national charity committed to combating malnutrition, welcomes the support of Paul Burstow, MP, for its new Toolkit to support the implementation of better nutritional care across health and social care.
Issued: Tuesday 25th May 2010
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BAPEN, the national charity committed to combating malnutrition, calls on the Coalition Government and the new Ministerial Health Team to make Nutritional issues a priority across health and social care
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BAPEN publishes its Practical Commissioning Toolkit to help ensure Quality Standards in Nutritional Care are met for both adults and children
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BAPEN calls on Commissioners and health and care providers to implement nutritional care policies and practices to the benefit of budgets, health outcomes and patient/resident experience
Issued: Thursday 20th May 2010
Dr Mike Stroud Chair of BAPEN says:
“BAPEN is pleased that the final Report of the NAPDB has now been published which reiterates the need to continue to improve awareness and understanding of the impact of malnutrition and emphasises the importance of putting robust processes in place to address malnutrition which remains under-recognised and under-treated...
Issued: 28th February 2010
Malnutrition in hospital – BAPEN responds to statistics on increased reporting
BAPEN responds to media coverage of statistics that show an ‘increase in malnutrition on discharge’.
Issued: 25th January 2010
BAPEN supports Hospitals and Trusts that are addressing malnutrition
‘BAPEN supports hospitals and health trusts that have instigated screening for malnutrition on admission and are reviewing and improving their nutritional care and treatment policies throughout the hospital stay and on discharge. Increased attention on malnutrition will inevitably lead to an increase in reported cases of malnutrition and should be welcomed. If malnutrition is not recognised and recorded there is no guarantee it will be treated appropriately, and furthermore, no guarantee that the information will be handed on to community health and care services so that any longer term threat to health can continue to be addressed.’
2009 Conference press releases
Results of ‘SIGNET’ Trial Revealed Exclusively at BAPEN Conference 2009
The SIGNET Trial – a randomised controlled trial of glutamine and/or selenium supplemented parenteral nutrition in critical illness.
10-15% decrease in infection rates reported with selenium supplemented parenteral nutrition if given for at least 5 days.
Issued: 15 October 2009
BAPEN responds to Media Information issued: ‘The Other End of the Scales?”
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BAPEN is pleased that 4 out of 5 people surveyed realise that malnutrition is a problem in the UK
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BAPEN is not surprised that the public are unclear about which groups are most ‘at risk’ from the impact of malnutrition
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BAPEN is not surprised that 97 out of 100 GPs surveyed are not screening for malnutrition but pleased that 9 out of 10 said that the UK does not give the issue enough attention
Issued: 12 October 2009
Screening for Malnutrition – It's a ‘MUST’!
Malnutrition is a cause and consequence of disease. Untreated it can lead to further health complications. Malnutrition affects as many young people as old. Malnutrition increases the likelihood of death. BAPEN’s easy to use universal screening tool - ‘MUST’ - is being successfully used to identify those at risk of malnutrition
Issued: 12 October 2009
BAPEN Calls On Clinicians and Healthcare Professionals to Learn the Language of Commissioning
The need to engage with Commissioners and to get to grips with the language of ‘World - Class Commissioning’ and ‘Quality’ and what these terms mean in relation to nutritional services is high on the agenda at BAPEN’s 2009 Malnutrition Matters’ Conference (Cardiff International Arena 13-14 October)
Issued: 11 October 2009
Nutritional Care and Treatment the ‘Bedrock’ of Quality
Dr Mike Stroud, Chair of BAPEN says today at the opening of the BAPEN Conference (Cardiff 13 October 2009):
“No NHS or social care organisation can claim it is delivering quality care to patients and residents, if it does not have appropriate nutritional policies in place and nutritional care and treatment embedded into everyday professional practice...
Issued: 11 October 2009
Nutritional Care and Treatment - A ‘MUST’ not cut says BAPEN
With potential spending cuts in NHS and care services on the cards, BAPEN says that nutritional care and treatment ‘MUST not’ be cut.
Issued: 11 October 2009
E-learning that is to provide easier access to the knowledge necessary to upskill the NHS and social care workforce to deliver ‘quality’ nutritional care and treatment.
Issued: 11 October 2009
BAPEN needs nurses, dietitians, care managers and doctors to register their hospitals, mental health units & care homes to take part in BAPEN’s Nutrition Screening Week 10 (NSW10 12-14 January 2010) & help build the most robust dataset on malnutrition in the UK.
Issued: 11 October 2009
BAPEN Calls on Clinicians and Healthcare Professionals to Learn the Language of Commissioning
The need to engage with Commissioners and to get to grips with the language of ‘World-Class Commissioning’ and ‘Quality’ and what these terms mean in relation to nutritional services is high on the agenda at BAPEN’s 2009 ‘Malnutrition Matters’ Conference (Cardiff International Arena 13-14 October)
Issued: 4th June 2009
BAPEN’S second Nutrition Screening Week Survey Report (NSW08) has revealed that weighing scales are not being calibrated on a regular basis contrary to national standards and an alert from the Department of Health.
Issued: 11th May 2009 EMBARGOED until 00.01am Tuesday 12th May 2009
1 in 8 tenants in sheltered housing at risk of malnutrition reveals new report
A new Report from GNASH (Group on Nutrition and Sheltered Housing) led by BAPEN has established that 14% (c. 1 in 8) of tenants in sheltered housing in England are at risk of malnutrition, with 9% at high risk. The GNASH Report Screening for Malnutrition in Sheltered Housing was launched today (Tuesday 12th May 2009) at the House of Commons at a Reception hosted by
Paul Burstow MP.
Issued: 11th May 2009 EMBARGOED until 00.01am Tuesday 12th May 2009
£13 billion cost of malnutrition must be tackled
Three million people are living at risk of malnutrition in the UK, with the cost of the condition now estimated to be £13 billion every year, a new report reveals today.
Issued: 6 February 2009, Embargoed until: 00.01am 10 February 2009
18 organisations representing patients, carers and population groups agree that malnutrition is common, often unrecognised and untreated in children as well as adults and may have severe consequences for the most vulnerable. These organisations also agree that the nutrition information, care and treatment accessed by the adults and children they represent is often in short supply, variable in quality and lacks continuity across health and care settings.
Issued: 14th January 2009, Embargoed until: 00.01am 20 January 2009
BAPEN with Southampton University Hospitals Trust wins IT Innovation Award 2008 for 'MUST'
Nominated by Southampton University Hospitals Trust (SUHT), BAPEN’s ‘MUST’ (Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool) has won the IT Innovation Award at the Health Business Awards 2008 (11 December, Emirates Stadium, London).
Issued Monday, 15th December 2008
BAPEN’s ‘Malnutrition Matters’ campaign wins major European Award
MNI, the Medical Nutrition International Industry group working in partnership with ESPEN has awarded its first ever prize (worth €30,000) for fighting malnutrition to the UK’s BAPEN (British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition)
Issued Monday, 15th September 2008 - amended 22 September 2008
Malnutrition must be addressed in the community as well as in hospital and care
BAPEN Report confirms up to 1 in 3 of all adults of all ages at risk of malnutrition on admission to hospital, care homes & mental health units
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28% overall at risk of malnutrition (22% overall at high risk; 6% medium risk)
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Increased risk on transfer between care settings with 43% at risk on transfer from care home to hospital and 35% at risk on transfer from hospital to care home
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Data fed back to local reporting centres for benchmarking against national results to improve policy and practice
Issued 7th April 2008
2007 Conference press releases
These are the first results released from BAPEN's UK-wide survey on malnutrition on admission to care services (BAPEN NSW 2007)
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Data was collected over three days during BAPEN NSW 2007 on more than 11,600 patients and residents admitted to 372 hospitals, mental health units and care homes in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
22 November 2007
The data currently available on the prevalence of malnutrition on admission to hospital and care homes in the UK is over 10 years old, limited and inconsistent.
BAPEN will reveal on Tuesday 27th November, the first day of the 'Malnutrition Matters' Conference, the top line data from its first Nutrition Screening Week (NSW). For the first time, reliable and comprehensive figures will be available on the percentage of the population moving from various settings into hospital or care that are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
BAPEN's new web-based information resource Organisation of Food and Nutrition Support in Hospitals (OFNoSH) is freely available to download here. The resource will help Hospital Boards and senior staff tasked with overseeing nutritional care to ensure that the appropriate infrastructure, processes and resources are in place.
30th October 2007
Action plan places nutritional care at centre of policy and practice to improve patient & resident experience and individual outcomes - vital for all age groups says BAPEN.
29th October 2007
BAPEN welcomes launch of 10 point 'Mission Statement' for hospitals to improve nutritional care
Council of Europe UK Alliance '10 Key Characteristics of Good Nutritional Care in Hospitals' provides a checklist for hospitals & hospital staff to implement effectively nutrition care & treatment.
4th October 2007
75% of participating hospitals and care homes are in England, 12% in Scotland, 7% in Wales and 6% in Northern Ireland (approx %s).
22nd September
Four Nation support for BAPEN's UK-wide Nutrition Screening Week on malnutrition
BAPEN is delighted to announce the support of the Welsh Assembly Government, the Scottish Government, the Chief Nursing Officer in Northern Ireland and the Department of Health in England for the UK’s first Nutrition Screening Week (NSW) to establish the extent of malnutrition on admission to hospital and care homes across all four nations.
Scottish Government gives support for BAPEN’s Nutrition Screening Week to establish extent of malnutrition on admission to hospital and care homes in Scotland.
Welsh Assembly Government to support BAPEN’s Nutrition Screening Week to establish extent of malnutrition on admission to hospital and care homes in Wales.
Chief Nursing Officer in Northern Ireland to support BAPEN's Nutrition Screening Week.
12th September 2007
Nutrition Screening Week: 25-27 September 2007
“The findings will enhance our evidence base and generate important information for hospital, clinical and support staff as well as for public health in general,” says Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Services, as he endorses the BAPEN initiative.
15th August 2007
BAPEN is undertaking the first prospective national nutrition screening survey across both hospital and community care settings 25 – 27th September 2007 in order to find out the prevalence of malnutrition on admission to hospital and care today. This survey is being organised in collaboration with the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and is also supported by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).
14th June 2007
2006 Conference press releases
Evidence to be presented at the BAPEN Conference (Brighton 1/2 November 2006) clearly shows that education for healthcare professionals and patients must be improved if nutrition care and treatment is to be optimal.
30th October 2006
"Malnutrition (under-nutrition) is under-recognised and often goes un-treated especially in the Community," says Christine Russell, Chair of the Malnutrition in the Community symposium at the BAPEN Conference today (Thursday 2nd November) and Honorary Treasurer of the Charity.
30th October 2006
"You are at greatest risk of malnutrition and its consequences if you live in the North and are poor," says Dr Rebecca Stratton in The Pennington Lecture to be delivered today (Wednesday 1st November 2006) at the BAPEN Conference (Brighton, 1 / 2 November 2006).
27th October 2006
Left-Handedness Linked to Low Birth Weight
Left-handedness is established or 'programmed' during early development in the womb by the same factors that also determine birth-weight, according to new research conducted by the University of Southampton to be presented at the BAPEN Conference (1st November 2006).
26th October 2006
Hospitals Missing Target on Required Nutrition Support Teams - BAPEN Issues Challenge
"Patients are being denied access to the best possible co-ordinated nutrition care - from food to specialist treatment - because their hospitals do not have Nutrition Support Teams (NSTs) or Nutrition Steering Committees (NSCs)," claims Professor Marinos Elia, Chair of BAPEN.
26th October 2006
"Malnutrition in the UK costs in excess of £7.3 billion each year, more than double the projected £3.5 billion cost of obesity," states Professor Marinos Elia, Chairman of BAPEN, in the charity's new health economic report on malnutrition, "yet it receives no government policy focus and no allocation of resources in secondary or primary health care."
14th December 2005
The health service is facing a substantial increase in the number of adults and children requiring artificial feeding at home, reveals a Report published by BAPEN.
24th February 2004
Major medical conference comes to Telford
19th November 2003
Nutrition Support Teams dramatically improve patient care (first release)
New study presented at the BAPEN symposium demonstrates up to eight out of ten artificial feeding referrals may be inappropriate.
19th November 2003
Nutrition Support Teams dramatically improve patient care (second release)
New study presented at the BAPEN symposium demonstrates up to eight out of ten artificial feeding referrals may be inappropriate.
21st November 2003
Dietitians and pharmacists talents under-utilised
New study reveals consultants need not take the lead on delivering TPN
21st November 2003
World's Fastest Growing Cancer Linked To Obesity
New study to be presented at BAPEN demonstrates new danger
21st November 2003
Launch of Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
Malnutrition in the UK: Under-Recognised and costly reveals new report
Backgrounder 1: - Introduction to BAPEN, MAG and MUST
Backgrounder 2: - Malnutrition and the wider context
Backgrounder 3: - Why November 11th?
The MUST Report - 10 key points
11th November 2003
30th April 2003
Inequalities in Potential Life-Saving Nutritional Care
11th December 2002
Equity of access for patients in England on Home Parenteral Nutrition essential
2nd September 2002
INTESTINAL FAILURE - Science and Surgery promise even greater progress
2nd September 2002
RCP report - Nutrition and Patients
9th July 2002
Call for Nutrition Teams in hospitals
9th July 2002