The Malnutrition Task Force is supported by Age UK and BAPEN.
Dame Dianne M Jeffrey CBE DL, Hon D Univ. Hon. Doc., has recently retired as our chair, and we thank her for the fantastic years of leadership she has provided us.
Nutricia and Apetito are no longer able to support the MTF and we thank them for their years of financial contributions, support, and innovation.
Lesley Carter
Head of Health and Care Professional Practice, Health Influencing and a Registered Nurse.
Lesley is the Programme Lead for the Malnutrition Task Force and the Leadership Team member for Age UK. With a passion for change management and improving practice, Lesley's previous posts include Director of Nursing for Community and Acute Mental Health, as well as older people's services. Service transformation and redesign at The London Development Centre, The King's Fund, Care Services Improvement Partnership, Commissioning Support for London, NHS London and The Department of Health as the London Lead for the development and implementation of the National Dementia Strategy.
Kate Hall MSc RD
A registered dietitian who has worked in various settings across the NHS and private sectors.
Kate’s passion is very much working with others to improve the nutritional care to which individuals have access to. Kate says: "It is only right that an individual whatever their age, or wherever they live, should have access to timely nutrition support whether that be access to information or advice or more intensive support; nutrition and hydration is such an important but basic right and should not be overlooked. The evidence is there, the guidelines and pathways are there, but it is the doing that needs to happen, and everyone has a part to play."
Phil Shelley
Senior Operational & Policy Manager – Soft FM, National Lead for Food
Phil has worked in the NHS for over 30 years, having also worked in the hospitality industry. Having chaired the recent Independent review of NHS hospital food - GOV.UK 2020, he moved from an NHS Trust role to NHS England as the national lead for food. As Past Chair of the Hospital Catering Association, he is committed to raising the profile of malnutrition with a focus on prevention, quality of food choice and access to appropriate hydration. He believes that Health and Social Care should provide integrated support for our public, particularly as they recover from surgery and illness.
Phil knows that his involvement with MTF will enable him to link positively with other healthcare teams in driving consistency of standards, which encompasses the role of the supplier in partnership with the NHS.
Sarah Wren
Chief Executive of Hertfordshire Independent Living Service (HILS)
HILS is a thriving not-for-profit social enterprise that delivers a range of services to older and vulnerable people to help them stay happy, healthy, and independent in their homes for as long as possible. These services range from Meals on Wheels, to specialist exercise provision and nutrition support, delivered to over 14,000 beneficiaries every year.
Sarah is a passionate believer in the power of social business to deliver high-quality and sustainable services at great value for the public purse. Having spent many years as a lecturer in business and management, and served as a local politician, Sarah’s background also includes the chairmanship of several charitable businesses in Hertfordshire. In 2012, she was awarded an MBE for services to the community sector.
Dr Trevor Smith
Consultant
Trevor is a Consultant Gastroenterologist working in Southampton where he leads a clinical nutrition and regional intestinal failure service. Trevor previously chaired the British Artificial Nutrition Survey and is also a member of the British Society of Gastroenterology Small Bowel and Nutrition Committee and the British Intestinal Failure Alliance (BIFA). Trevor was president of the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) from 2018 to 2023.
Professor Jane Murphy
Professor of Nutrition, Registered Nutritionist and Dietitian and co-leads the Ageing and Dementia Research Centre at Bournemouth University.
Jane's research is committed to key nutrition-related problems in ageing and translation of nutrition science into practice. She leads funded research projects on nutrition in older people and people living with cognitive impairments and dementia. Jane has also produced several materials for those working with older people, both in care homes and more recently in the community; visit Bournemouth University for more information.
She is the Clinical Lead (Nutrition) for the Healthy Ageing Programme at the Wessex Academic Health Science Network and has developed and validated new tools to identify malnutrition in the community, ensuring that people have access to appropriate nutrition support and advice. Read more about the Nutrition Wheel here
Email: jmurphy@bournemouth.ac.uk