BAPEN News
Conference Presentations 2023
We are delighted to confirm that the recorded presentations from the BAPEN Annual Conference 2023 are now available.
If you would like to catch up on any of the sessions that you missed, simply visit our website here, log in with your member username and password, and select the sessions you would like to view.
BAPEN Welcomes New President, Dr Nick Thompson
Nick is a Consultant Gastroenterologist in Newcastle upon Tyne and joins the Executive team after being a BAPEN member for many years.
Reflecting on his new position, Nick commented:
“I am very much looking forward to becoming the new BAPEN President, although slightly intimidated, especially following Trevor Smith who was so successful in leading the charity. BAPEN had its largest, and perhaps best, Conference in Edinburgh, with over 700 delegates, and we will look to build on this for next year; BIFA produce outstanding guidance and these are now easier to find on our new, much-improved website and that will continue to develop over the year.
Sustainability is one of our three main strategies and the development of a specialist interest group in that area is crucial to help bring change – please do get involved if you are interested.
There are parts of the UK where nutritional care is not as good as it should be and BAPEN will look to see how we can help support regional nutrition networks and to help in the development of hospital nutrition teams.
BAPEN demonstrates what multidisciplinary working can achieve, it’s in the charity’s DNA, and so I am keen for BAPEN to further develop working with others for the common aim of improving nutritional care across the UK – this includes with other specialist societies and associations, Royal Colleges and even political parties so that we can try to influence future health policies in a year of political change.”
BAPEN would like to extend its sincere gratitude to Dr Trevor Smith who has been at the helm of the BAPEN ship over the last few years and has encapsulated strong leadership. Trevor has been a fantastic President, working effectively with others to improve care in the UK and drive much-needed change.
To find out more, visit our website here or read Nick’s interview as the Feature article of this issue of In Touch!
Resource Launched for Healthcare Professionals to Optimise Nutritional Care for Patients
BAPEN, jointly with PINNT, has launched a new resource for healthcare professionals which explains the promises made to patients – adults in hospital and the community who are receiving oral, enteral or parenteral nutrition support – regarding the care they should expect to receive.
The resource includes a checklist for healthcare professionals to refer to, to ensure they are meeting these promises to patients and correctly implementing high quality, nutritional care.
This document supplements resource launched in August for patients, which aims to empower people receiving artificial nutrition to understand what they can expect from the care they receive. To access the Quality Standards resource for patients, please visit the BAPEN website, or the PINNT website.
In Touch Reader Survey - We need your opinions!
In Touch is a digital newsletter produced for all BAPEN members. In order to ensure that the content and medium of In Touch continues to meet your needs as a BAPEN member, we would be most grateful if you could spare 5 minutes of your time to complete the In Touch readers survey.
This survey is being conducted by Complete Media & Marketing (CM2), publishers of In Touch, to find out your opinions of In Touch. This survey is anonymous. The results will be processed by CM2 and shared with the BAPEN Executive.
The closing date for this survey is 1st July 2024.
To access the survey click here or scan the QR code.
Rebecca Stratton Awarded the John Lennard-Jones Medal
We're delighted to have awarded Rebecca Stratton the John Lennard-Jones medal at our 2023 Conference for her significant and consistent contribution to BAPEN over many years.
Read the short interview below with Rebecca on her reaction to receiving the award: www.bapen.org.uk/bapen-news/congratulating-dr-rebecca-stratton/.
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