http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press.html View BAPEN's press releases. en-gb Thu, 24 June 2010 07:52:00 GMT Copyright: (C) BAPEN 15 http://www.bapen.org.uk/images/bapen_logo.gif http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press.html 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... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel_ncepod.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel_ncepod.html Thu, 24 June 2010 07:52:00 GMT 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... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel_pburstow_stat.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel_pburstow_stat.html Tue, 01 June 2010 08:04:00 GMT 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... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel_commissioners.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel_commissioners.html Fri, 21 May 2010 22:00:00 GMT 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... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel47.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel47.html Mon, 01 March 2010 08:49:00 GMT BAPEN responds to media coverage of statistics that show an ‘increase in malnutrition on discharge’. Click the link to read more. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel46.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel46.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:37:00 GMT ‘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.’ http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:37:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_signet_results.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_signet_results.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT BAPEN is pleased that 4 out of 5 people surveyed realise that malnutrition is a problem in the UK. BAPEN is not surprised that the public are unclear about which groups are most ‘at risk’ from the impact of malnutrition. 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_survey_response.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_survey_response.html Mon, 13 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_its_a_must.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_its_a_must.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT 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). http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_commissioning.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_commissioning.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT 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... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_quality.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_quality.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT With potential spending cuts in NHS and care services on the cards, BAPEN says that nutritional care and treatment ‘MUST not’ be cut. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_must_not_cut.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_must_not_cut.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_bapen_goes_e.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_bapen_goes_e.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:52:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_nsw10.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_nsw10.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:52:00 GMT 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). http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel45.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel45.html Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:10:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel44.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel44.html Tue, 11 May 2009 23:01:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel43.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel43.html Tue, 11 May 2009 23:01:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel42.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel42.html Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:50:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel41.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel41.html Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:45:00 GMT 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)... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel40.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel40.html Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:30:00 GMT MNI, the Medical Nutrition International Industry group working in partnership with ESPEN1 has awarded its first ever prize (worth €30,000) for fighting malnutrition to the UK’s BAPEN (British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition)... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel39.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel39.html Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:38:00 GMT 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... http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel38.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel38.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:30:00 GMT These are the first results released from BAPEN's UK-wide survey on malnutrition on admission to care services (BAPEN NSW 2007). 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 http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel37.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel37.html Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:30:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel36.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel36.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:30:00 GMT BAPEN's new web-based information resource Organisation of Food and Nutrition Support in Hospitals (OFNoSH) is freely available to download from the BAPEN website. 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel35.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel35.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:01:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel34.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel34.html Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:37:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel33.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel33.html Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:01:00 GMT 75% of participating hospitals and care homes are in England, 12% in Scotland, 7% in Wales and 6% in Northern Ireland (approx %s). http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel32.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel32.html Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:37:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel28.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel28.html Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT Scottish Government gives support for BAPEN’s Nutrition Screening Week to establish extent of malnutrition on admission to hospital and care homes in Scotland. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel29.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel29.html Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT Welsh Assembly Government to support BAPEN’s Nutrition Screening Week to establish extent of malnutrition on admission to hospital and care homes in Wales. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel30.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel30.html Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT Chief Nursing Officer in Northern Ireland to support BAPEN's Nutrition Screening Week. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel31.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel31.html Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT BAPEN is undertaking the first prospective national nutrition screening survey in the UK across both hospital and community care settings 25 - 27th September 2007, in collaboration with the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The initiative is also supported by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) and now also by the Department of Health. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel27.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel27.html Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:30:00 GMT 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). http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel26.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel26.html Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:23:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel25.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel25.html Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:30:00 GMT "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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel24.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel24.html Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:30:00 GMT "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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel23.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel23.html Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:30:00 GMT http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel22.html 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel22.html Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:30:00 GMT http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel21.html "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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/bans_reports/res_press_rel21.html Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:30:00 GMT "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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel19.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel19.html Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:30:00 GMT 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. http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel18.html http://www.bapen.org.uk/res_press_rel18.html Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:30:00 GMT