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NHSGGC Food, Fluid and Nutritional Care Policy

NHSGGC Food, Fluid and Nutritional Care Policy

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) has a pivotal responsibility to promote health within its population. The relationship between a diet and health status is unequivocal. The purpose of this policy is to enable NHSGGC to discharge this responsibility through both its health improvement role and as a provider of food to patients and staff. The Board has endorsed a policy position on food, fluid and nutrition since 1993. This policy retains key aspects of previous policies, married with the changing nutritional needs of the population; new Food, Fluid and Nutritional Care Standards (HIS 2014); more exacting expectations associated with Older People in Acute Hospital inspections. Additional background and a summary of the nutritional challenges faced within Greater Glasgow and Clyde are described in the Nutritional Challenge in Greater Glasgow & Clyde: A Population Needs Assessment 2015 which is due for publication in Spring 2016.

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