Improving nutrition... improving care
Final report from the Improving Nutritional Care programme
Celebrating 18 months of the Healthcare Improvement Scotland Improving
Nutritional Care Programme. This resource tells the story
of a national improvement campaign tackling the issues putting
adults at risk of malnutrition.
Priorities for nutritional care improvement
The report details the 3 priority areas focused on by the
improvement programme:
- Making meals matter including mealtime volunteers
- Self management in long term conditions
- Improving nutritional care during transition
The next steps for ensuring the integration and alignment
of nutritional care work across Scotland are published at the end
of the report.
Inspecting and supporting ongoing improvements
The following recommendations are made by this report to ensure
that nutritional care remains a top priority in Scotland:
- Nutritional care is a key criteria of the Healthcare
Improvement Scotland hospital inspections into Older People in
Acute Care, beginning in 2012.
- Also in 2012, Healthcare Improvement Scotland will lead an
improvement programme for the providers of acute care for older
people.
- Leading Better Care in conjunction with Nutrition Champions
will review the Clinical Quality Indicators for Food, Fluid and
Nutritional Care.
An improving
nutritional care community is now available for those involved
in the ongoing sharing of good practice and innovation in
nutritional care.
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Published Date: 29 March 2012
