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Photo of Dr Dame Claire Bertschinger working in Africa in the 1980s, and the Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas?

Band Aid remembered: how one nurse inspired a phenomenon

Dr Dame Claire Bertschinger's work in Ethiopia in 1984 helped kickstart the charity song

 Obesity and nutrition: supporting positive dietary behaviour change in people with learning disabilities

Supporting positive dietary behaviour change in people with learning disabilities

The importance of nutrition as a controllable factor in preventing long-term conditions

Enhancing the nutritional care of older people by recording actual body weight: a quality improvement project

Enhancing the nutritional care of older people by recording actual body weight

A quality improvement project showed a simple intervention of relocating scales had a...

Enhancing nutrition screening in patients with kidney disease

Enhancing nutrition screening in patients with kidney disease

The challenges of identifying malnutrition in this patient group, and tools that can help

Supporting people to manage nutrition throughout their cancer journey

Supporting people to manage nutrition throughout their cancer journey

Possible interventions to manage nutrition-related issues and improve quality of life

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Nasogastric tube feeding under restraint: practical guidance for children’s nurses

Nasogastric tube feeding under restraint: practical guidance for children’s nurses

Advice on how to minimise the distress caused by nasogastric tube feeding under restraint

Recognising eating disorders in older people

Recognising eating disorders in older people

Enhance your awareness of the manifestations of eating disorders in older people

Prevention of malnutrition and faltering growth in children and young people

Prevention of malnutrition and faltering growth in children and young people

Regular surveillance of child growth can prevent or identify malnutrition

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Improving nutrition and hydration in older people with dementia in care homes

Improving nutrition and hydration in older people with dementia in care homes

Person-centred interventions to improve food and drink intake of older people with dementia

Managing malnutrition

Identifying and managing malnutrition in people with learning disabilities

Malnutrition is a serious risk, but is under-recognised in this population

Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool: how to use it in practice

Steps to identify malnutrition issues among patients and develop a care plan

Prevention, identification and management of malnutrition in older people in the community

Management of malnutrition in older people in the community

Understand the elements of a person-centred care plan for individuals who are malnourished

Dietary management of patients with a high-output stoma

Learn about interventions such as oral rehydration solutions and restricting hypotonic...

Dysphagia assessment and treatment: how to support patients with eating and drinking

Your guide to identifying signs and risks, plus practical steps to aid swallowing

Nutritional interventions in older people with COVID-19: an overview of the evidence

The role of nutritional interventions in the treatment of, and recovery from, COVID-19

Identifying and managing patients with disease-related malnutrition in primary care

Clinical consequences and potential health and social care costs of untreated malnutrition

Malnutrition: how to spot early signs of unplanned weight loss or gain in older people

Easy-to-use tools can help identify risk for those living independently during COVID-19

How to detect malnutrition and provide support for people in the community

Advice on using screening tools, the Food First approach and the impact of COVID-19

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