1. Oral Nutritional Support
Garth Murray – Project Manager

2. When a person is at risk of Malnutrition…
Best practice
Predominantly ‘food first’ with skilled carers and cooks
CCG Initiatives
Where it’s been slipping to
Unnecessary use of prescribed factory-mixed high-calorie supplements

3. Food-first best practice
Please think of someone you know who has low appetite and has lost weight
Ways to present food to make best use of their appetite
Fortifying food with milk powder, cream, butter, oil, sugar
How much extra energy to try to add (how many calories)
How long to try for & when to go back to normal diet
When to involve a GP if not improving

4. Who needs to know? ONS Order Form Care home carers & cooks
Information Pack
Care home carers & cooks
District Nurses
GPs
Who else? Can you help?
Information Pack

5. Where supplements are important…
We’ve changed to a better-value set of main supplements
New general prescribed supplement - ‘Foodlink Complete’ powder
Dieticians have started to set a target weight