Get them energised!

Nutrition and Hydration Week has gone from strength to strength and that is all thanks to the incredible support that people working in health and social care and beyond keep giving to the week.

The week began as a patient safety information week and then become a focus day for hospitals and social cares caterers. Nutrition and Hydration Week has gained impetus over the past five years and its supporters make a difference every day through good nutrition and hydration practices. With around three million people at risk of malnutrition (undernutrition) in the UK and more than 25 million in the G8 countries, we need to engage opportunities to raise the awareness of the risks and promote the good practices that can help prevent malnutrition and dehydration, this does include oral care which is often forgotten about. Preventing malnutrition improves the health and wellbeing of the person suffering malnutrition and removes the burden on the health and social care services in treating and supporting those suffering from under nutrition in particular.