Committee, Council & SIG Updates
BANS
Sarah-Jane Hughes, BANS Co-Chair, Intestinal Failure
Email: SarahJane.Hughes@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Website: www.bapen.org.uk/about-bapen/committees-and-groups/british-artificial-nutrition-survey
New Intestinal Failure Registry
BANS (British Artificial Nutrition Survey) was set up as a committee of BAPEN in 1996 to collect and analyse data pertaining to enteral and parenteral nutrition support in adults and children in hospital and the community. The BANS committee continue to reflect the multidisciplinary nature of BAPEN having medical, dietetic, nursing and pharmacy representation, of both adult and children’s services.
Following the publication of ‘A Strategic Framework for Intestinal Failure and HPN services for adults in England’ in 2008 a working group was set up to formalise an Intestinal Failure Registry facilitated by BANS. As alongside the proposed reorganisation of Intestinal Failure Centres in England for a more formal strategy for HPN services in England, the report included a standard indicating that all patients should be reported to BANS.
This working group altered the existing database to increase the breadth of data captured regarding the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for patients with types 2 and 3 IF and the first IF register was launched on the e-bans database in January 2017. Further developments were made in 2018 and piloted in a number of key IF centres.
“The requirement to populate the IF Registry is mandated in the Service Specification 170077S for Severe Intestinal Failure (adults) and in Schedule 6 of the NHS England Standard Contract.
To reduce the burden on providers, data from the old version has been transferred to the new version and data from the IF Registry will automatically populate the Severe Intestinal Failure (adult) Quality Dashboard.
In addition, information from the IF Registry will be sent to Arden Gem Commissioning Support Unit to inform the ongoing payment approach development work. Accurate and complete data records for the IF Registry is fundamental for the validation of specialised activity and the success of this work.” NHS England and NHS Improvement, April 2019.
To access new registry: https://ifregistry.streetsheaver.thirdparty.nhs.uk/ifregistry/
If you are not already registered, ‘how to register’ details are included on the site or, alternatively, click here.
You can also contact helpdesk@streets-heaver.com Any queries on this please contact Sarah-Jane Hughes, BANS Co-Chair via email at: bapen@bapen.org.uk. We have continued to secure annual funding from NHS England to support our work.
The Nutrition Society
Dr Bernadette Moore, University of Leeds, The Nutrition Society Clinical/Medical Advisory Council member
Email: office@nutritionsociety.org
Website: www.nutritionsociety.org
Twitter: @Nutritionsoc
Instagram: the_nutrition_society
LinkedIn: /nutrition-society
It has been a busy start to the year for the Nutrition Society. The Spring conference, ‘Inter-individual differences in the nutrition response: from research to recommendations’ took place at the beginning of April in Dundee, Scotland, and examined how the effects of nutrition on health differ in individuals of different ethnicities, genetics and sex. Speakers, panellists and delegates debated new and innovative ways for profiling individuals’ genetic, microbial and metabolic differences, and a full summary of the conference sessions can be found on the Society’s website.
The Society’s training academy (NSTA) continues to go from strength-to-strength, with a range of one-hour long webinars covering a wide variety of nutrition related topics available for both members and non-members. The Society were delighted to have Dr Mani Naghibi, BAPEN Medical Committee Member, running an engaging session for the NSTA on the topic of digestive health: ‘Disorders of the digestive tract and probiotic use – Dispelling myths’. A pre-recorded version of the webinar is available for all interested parties.
This year has also seen the launch of the Nutrition Society Journal Club (NSJC), aiming to promote and develop engagement, discussion, and critical appraisal of the latest research papers in the face of growing public and policy interest in nutrition science. The Journal Club is free for all Society members.
I have also continued to attend the Association for Nutrition’s (AfN) Nutrition Interprofessional Group in my role as Clinical/Medical Advisory Council Member for the Society. The group aims to support medical schools in delivering the nutrition curriculum for undergraduate education, drawing together representatives from each of the medical royal colleges, the Medical Schools’ Council, and the general Medical Council to provide oversight and to help improve medical student’s knowledge of evidence-based nutrition. It has been good to see the increasing amount of attention this issue has been receiving, and we hope to see these promising discussions continue.
Looking forward, planning has begun in earnest for the 2019 Winter Conference which we will be jointly hosting with BAPEN and the British Society of Gastroenterology on the topic of ‘Diet and Digestive Disease’. The conference will take place at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, 2-4 December, and focus on recent developments in understanding the interrelationship between nutrition, gut function and gut pathologies, and their management. The conference will start with a half day BAPEN Practitioners’ Session examining oral nutrition support, and we hope to see many BAPEN members in attendance - find out more.
Finally, a reminder that the Nutrition Society will host the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 13th European Nutrition Conference in Dublin, Ireland, this coming October. Held once every four years the conference will attract a wide variety of delegates from across Europe and from further afield. This year’s theme is ‘Malnutrition in an Obese world: European perspectives’ and Early Bird registration fees are available until 19 July. Further information about the conference can be viewed on the FENS website.