Press Release
Nutrition is the bedrock of good care
Tuesday, July 29 2008
Reacting to figures obtained by the Conservatives, which show the number of errors relating to poor nutrition in NHS hospitals has almost doubled in two years, Charlotte Potter, Senior Policy Officer at Help the Aged, says: "A high increase like this might be a result of better reporting of errors, which would be a good thing. If we know more about what’s going wrong, we are in a better position to address the problem.
"However, nearly 30,000 errors relating to poor nutrition in hospitals is shocking. Nutrition is the bedrock of good care and recovery from illness - older people are at particular risk of malnutrition and will struggle to respond to treatment or recover well if they are malnourished.
"To achieve a world class health service it is absolutely essential that we get the basics like nutrition right."
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