Scottish Government Consultation on Proposed Options to Improve and Assure the Nutritional Standard of Food in NHSScotland Hospitals

This consultation has been launched to seek views on proposed options to improve and assure the nutritional standard of food and catering in NHSScotland hospitals based on the refreshed 'Food in Hospitals' guidance from Health Facilities Scotland.


Footnotes

1. Scottish Government, The Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHSScotland, May 2010. Available at http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/311667/0098354.pdf

2. Scottish Government, Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition)(Scotland) Act 2007. Available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/HLivi/foodnutrition

3. Health Facilities Scotland. 'Food in Hospitals: National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland', 2016. http://www.hfs.scot.nhs.uk/publications-/

4. British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN), Nutrition Screening Surveys in Hospitals in Scotland, 2007-2011 [BAPEN publication, February 2014; available at http://www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/nsw/bapen-nsw-scotland.pdf] Malnutrition defined as reporting as medium to high risk according to the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)

5. BAPEN, Malnutrition Matters: Meeting Quality Standards in Nutritional Care [BAPEN publication, May 2010; available at http://www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/bapen_pubs/bapen-toolkit-for-commissioners-and-providers.pdf]

6. Scottish Government, Revised Dietary Goals for Scotland [Scottish Government publication, May 2013; available at http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0042/00421385.pdf]

7. Scottish Government, 'Becoming a Good Food Nation - Recipe for Success: Scotland's National Food and Drink Policy [Scottish Government publication, June 2014; available at http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00453219.pdf]

8. Information available from Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), Food, Fluid and Nutritional Care Standards [Healthcare Improvement Scotland Publication, October 2014; available at http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/patient_safety/improving_nutritional_care/nutritional_care_standards.aspx]

9. HIS standard 3 refers to the 'Planning and delivery of food and fluid in hospital' and standard 4 refers to the 'Provision of food and fluid to patients in hospital'. Full details are available from HIS, Food, Fluid and Nutritional Care Standards

10. Information available from HIS, Complex Nutritional Care Standards [HIS publication, December 2015; available at http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/patient_safety/improving_nutritional_care/complex_nutrition_standards.aspx]

11. Scottish Government, Healthy Eating in Schools (2008). Available at: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2008/09/12090355/0

12. Health Facilities Scotland. 'Food in Hospitals: National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland', 2016.

13. Action for Sick Children Scotland (ASCS), Food in Hospitals Survey 2015 [Action for Sick Children Scotland publication, 2015; available at http://www.ascscotland.org.uk/upload/file/Reports/ASCS_Food_in_Hospital_Surveys_2014_15-Findings.pdf

14. Scottish Government, Malnutrition Summit May 2015 [Scottish government publication, May 2015; available at http://www.communityfoodandhealth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/malnutrition-summit-report.pdf]

15. Scottish Government, Revised Dietary Goals for Scotland [Scottish Government publication, May 2013; available at http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0042/00421385.pdf

16. Information available from Food Standards Scotland (FSS) at http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/food-safety-standards/regulation-and-enforcement-food-and-feed-law

17. Scottish Government, Scottish Inpatient Patient Experience Survey 2014 [Scottish Government publication, August 2014; available at http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00458511.pdf]

18. Health Facilities Scotland. 'Food in Hospitals: National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland', 2016.

19. Health Facilities Scotland. 'Food in Hospitals: National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland', 2016.

20. Health Facilities Scotland. 'Food in Hospitals: National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland', 2016.

21. Health Facilities Scotland. 'Food in Hospitals: National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland', 2016.

22. FSS, Scottish Food and Feed Law [FSS publication, 2012; available at http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/sites/default/files/scot-food-feed-law%20Oct%202014.pdf

23. Full list of recommendations is available at https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=85747. Summarised list is available at http://www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/coe_leaflet.pdf

24. Information available from FSS at http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/nutrition-healthy-eating/business-industry/foods-particular-nutritional-uses

Contact

Email: Billy Wright

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