affected: Issue Elderly patients and those who have difficulty feeding themselves can be at risk of malnutrition while in hospital care Who did you ask to What did you find out What did you learn or understand the issues or about? confirm? whose work did you look at? Protected Mealtime Group Practicability of ceasing That staff resource can be routine clinical practice for made available and inpatients during mealtime redeployed to support Nutrition Steering and so freeing up staff feeding. Committee resource to support feeding where necessary. Nursing & Midwifery professional Governance Committee Middlesbrough PCT, Redcar & Cleveland PCT (through reading their Protected Mealtime Policies) NPSA Protected mealtimes Review Findings and Recommendations Report Action as a result of above Action By whom? When? Provision to allocate extra Policy writer. During drafting. staff to feeding duties included in policy. Disability “Protected characteristic” affected: Issue Staff can be unaware of which patients have disabilities that mean they need extra support in feeding. Who did you ask to What did you find out What did you learn or understand the issues or about? confirm? whose work did you look at? Disability Equality Action Good practice in giving That we can give patients Group visible cues which staff who need support feeding recognise as indicating a different colour trays to patient has specific needs. highlight to staff that this is
affected: Issue Elderly patients and those who have difficulty feeding themselves can be at risk of malnutrition while in hospital care Who did you ask to understand the issues or whose work did you look at? What did you find out about? What did you learn or confirm? Protected Mealtime Group Nutrition Steering Committee Nursing & Midwifery professional Governance Committee Middlesbrough PCT, Redcar & Cleveland PCT (through reading their Protected Mealtime Policies) NPSA Protected mealtimes Review Findings and Recommendations Report Practicability of ceasing routine clinical practice for inpatients during mealtime and so freeing up staff resource to support feeding where necessary. That staff resource can be made available and redeployed to support feeding. Action as a result of above Action By whom? When? Provision to allocate extra staff to feeding duties included in policy. Policy writer. During drafting. “Protected characteristic” affected: Disability Issue Staff can be unaware of which patients have disabilities that mean they need extra support in feeding. Who did you ask to understand the issues or whose work did you look at? What did you find out about? What did you learn or confirm? Disability Equality Action Group Good practice in giving visible cues which staff recognise as indicating a patient has specific needs. That we can give patients who need support feeding different colour trays to highlight to staff that this is
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