INTRODUCTION High rates of immigration in recent years in the United Kingdom presents service design and delivery challenges to primary care. At a time when resources are stretched, services must be both efficient and equitable for patients. Migrants are often healthy on arrival but some groups, such as refugees and asylum seekers, may have many […]
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Enhancing the Quality of Oral Nutrition Support (EQONS) CLAHRC BITE
Evidence suggests that under-nutrition delays recovery, lowers resistance to medical complications and is linked to lengthened hospital stay, morbidity and mortality. We undertook a project in partnership with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to trial two interventions; ward-based nutrition champions, and a dietetic team working within the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate the introduction of […]
