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
