Dr Philip Allan, BAPEN Medical Chair

Email: Philip.allan@ouh.nhs.uk

Website: www.bapen.org.uk/about-bapen/bapen-core-groups/bapen-medical

BAPEN Medical has been focusing on its face-to-face training day, on 28th November. This will be a fantastic training opportunity for doctors at all levels, nurses and allied health professionals to come together for a face-to-face event. It is themed around the issue of starvation and will include: an update on anorexia nervosa in the light of recent guideline changes, innovations in tube feeding, understanding the physiology of starvation from the perspective of fundamental science, patients in critical care, in obstruction from intrabdominal tumours and finishing the day: ITU managing surgical patients and optimising their nutrition prior to surgery. We would love to see many of you there, so do book tickets once bookings are open. Lunch is provided and we are also planning a dinner after the event.

 

BAPEN Medical Training Day

Monday 28th November 2022, 09:30-16:00

A face-to-face training day £55 for BAPEN Medical Members, £75 for Non-Members, £35 for Trainees, Nurses, Allied Healthcare Professionals

For Gastroenterologists, Surgeons, Dietitians, Nutrition Nurses, Pharamacists - Trainees very welcome.

Morning:

AN update on the management of Anorexia Speakers inc: Dr Paul Robertson & Dr Alastair McKinlay.

Tube feeding: guidelines and innovations Speakers inc: Mr Lee Martin & Ms Kirstine Farrer.

Afternoon:

The physiology & consequences of Starvation Speakers inc: Prof Kieran Clarke & Dr Zudin Puthucheary.

Recognising malnutrition in surgery and taking pre-op action Speakers inc: Dr Fiona Leitch & Prof Antony Johansen.

Sarah Zeraschi, Chair of the BPNG & Consultant Pharmacist Nutrition, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Email: sarah.zeraschi@nhs.net

Website: www.bpng.co.uk

During the recent period of extreme high temperatures, PINNT, homecare companies and clinical teams have received queries asking what to do with multi-chamber parenteral nutrition bags (MCBs) and intravenous fluids (IVFs) when the room temperature has exceeded 25C.

The pharmacists on the NHS England Home PN Clinical Advice and Management Group have worked with colleagues on the Home PN Stakeholders Group and British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group (BPNG) to develop guidance on how to manage the situation (with thanks for the input from NHS Medicines Information and Quality Assurance colleagues, and PN manufacturers). The guidance can be found on the BPNG website ‘PN Temperature Excursions | British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group’.

A patient-specific guide has been developed with PINNT – click here.

Supporting documents will be available on the NHS Futures website. See the ‘Advice for Healthcare Professionals’ document for the link to sign in or register for access.

We hope that this guidance will support the continued safe use of parenteral nutrition during these heatwaves, avoid patients missing feed or fluid, and minimise the need to waste bags.