Malnutrition: Screening
(asked on 16th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government why screening of malnutrition is not standard practice in all health settings across England.
This question was answered on 23rd December 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that all hospital inpatients on admission and all outpatients at their first clinic appointment should be screened for malnutrition. Screening should be repeated weekly for inpatients and when there is clinical concern for outpatients. Residents in care homes should be screened on admission and when there is clinical concern.