Dianne Jeffrey ( far left and speaking) and Baroness Sally Greengross (left and sitting) at the MTF Parliamentary reception. Photograph: Alex Rumford The Malnutrition Task Force recently hosted an event in Parliament. In this blog, our chair Dianne Jeffrey discusses the event and reflects back on the key issues surrounding malnutrition that were covered in […]
Paper has many uses, but you wouldn’t think one of them is to identify malnutrition risk! However, in Salford, Kirstine Farrer and her team have come up with a way of doing just that – tackling malnutrition through using an Armband made from a simple strip of paper. In this blog, Kirstine, a consultant dietician […]
At the back end of last year, before heading off for the Christmas break, the Malnutrition Task Force hosted a unique meeting. The meeting was unique as it saw the Task Force’s Founders coming together with project group members from the Malnutrition Prevention Programme’s five pilot sites. The project group members gave some really interesting presentations […]
The Purbeck area in Dorset is one of five national pilot sites in the Malnutrition Prevention Programme testing a model of working across ‘whole communities’ to tackle preventable malnutrition in older people. Here, Helen Ramsbottom from the Malnutrition Task Force talks about attending their launch event. On a perfect beach day last week, I headed […]
Gateshead is one of five pilot sites in the Malnutrition Prevention Programme, testing a model of working across ‘whole communities’ to tackle preventable malnutrition in older people. In this blog, Paula Thorp, a Research Assistant from the University of Chester who is evaluating all the pilot sites, talks about attending their launch event. After just […]
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