Nutrition and Hydration

• Food and Drink Strategy
• Nutrition and Hydration policy
• The importance of patient nutrition and hydration presentation 
• N&HSG - TOR  
• N&HSG meeting rota attached 
• MUST information 
• How to do a MUAC video
• Nutrition and Hydration Digest 

• 10 key characteristics of good nutrition

• The Nutrition and Hydration Digest

• N&H information on hydration 

• McVities activity booklet

• Food beverage handling at ward department level procedure

• 6 step check guidelines

• 6 step check poster

• Adult oral nutritional support guidelines

• Dietetic referal criteria

• Positive indicators of dysphagia and referal criteria 

• SALT dietetics pre-thickened supplement guide for patients with dysphagia 

• SALT swallowing reccomendations 

• Must steps 1-5 action plan

Standard Operating Procedures  

• 6 step check poster and guidance  
• Fluid Monitoring SOP 

Newsletters 

• 3rd edition 
• 4th edition

Terms of Reference 

Steering Group meeting - June 2022

Steering Group meeting - April 2022

Steering Group meeting - February 2022

• Allergen Action Plan
• Allergens CAS Alert 
• Top allergens poster
• STSFT Guidance for Charity Cake Bake Sale Events

• Please click here to read the Independent Review of NHS Hospital Food

Going Live - Latest improvements to our electronic FLUID MONITORING CHART in MEDITECH

From Wednesday 4th May Registered practitioners will notice some changes to the monitoring plan within the Fluid Monitoring Chart, and we have some updates to the chart sections too.

Please see the guidance document and short video for further details of these new changes.

• Fluid Monitoring Audit Tool
• Fluid Monitoring Chart Q&A

Nutrition and Hydration Initiatives

Information coming soon!

Nutrition Champions Initiative

Click here to find out more

Or you can listen to our colleagues share more information about the initiative in the following YouTube video. Click here to watch.

• Staff video: Speech - click here
• Staff video: Diet - click here