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Meet the New Members of the BAPEN Executive
AILSA BROTHERTON
Can you go Gluten-free for a week?
Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, is asking the public to take part in the Gluten-free Challenge for one week from 16-22nd May 2011. The Challenge aims to raise awareness of the daily frustrations encountered by the one in 100 people in the UK who have coeliac disease.
Ailsa joined the
NHS as a Registered Dietitian and was Head of Acute Dietetics at the Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust before taking up a Senior Research Fellow post at the University of Central Lancashire. Currently on secondment to the Department of Health to the position of National QIPP Safe Care Programme Director, she is involved in facilitating the delivery of the national improvement programme, 'Safety Express', which has a key focus on improving the nutritional care of individuals in all settings providing NHS care in England. Her role on BAPEN Executive will be Honorary Secretary. Ailsa is also Secretary of the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition group, a Founder group of BAPEN and specialist
group of the British Dietetic Association. ANNE
HOLDOWAY
The Charity is encouraging the nation to take up the Gluten-free Challenge and to shop, cook or eat out completely gluten-free. People can sign up and pledge their support at
www.coeliac.org.uk/glutenfreepledge. Everyone who signs up will receive gluten-free recipes and information about the gluten-free diet. There is no cure and no medication for coeliacs and the only treatment is a strict gluten- free diet for life. Left untreated it can lead to infertility, osteoporosis and bowel cancer. The average diagnosis is 13 years with many people being initially misdiagnosed with IBS. Sarah Sleet, Chief Executive of Coeliac UK
said: “Many people may have struggled for years to get diagnosed with coeliac disease and are then faced with a complete change in diet and lifestyle. For them it is not a matter of choice or a faddy diet, it is essential. Many everyday foods in the shops, or dishes in restaurants, can be gluten-free with some simple recipe changes and so eating gluten-free could and should be easy. However, there is still a lack of provision in many catering establishments. Better choice for people with coeliac disease means making
simple changes to recipes and letting consumers know that their products will help them maintain their gluten-free diet. This is a lucrative market and the catering industry needs to make more of it.” Sarah Sleet adds: “I encourage you to experience the Gluten-free Challenge for yourself. You may be surprised by how good some gluten-free products are and how many naturally gluten-free dishes are on the menu. But you may also be frustrated by the unnecessary limitations on the gluten-free diet. By taking the Challenge you will be doing your bit to help get the change that is needed. Popping into your local café, restaurant or work canteen and asking what they have which is gluten-free is spreading awareness and will encourage caterers to offer more options for customers.”
Further information about the Challenge can be found on Coeliac UK’s website
http://www.coeliac.org.uk/glutenfreechallenge which will shortly include recipes and cooking tips, information on gluten-free products and what to look out for when shopping.
2012: An Olympic BAPEN? 18th - 20th June 2012
Anne is a Registered
Dietitian and over the past 25 years has worked in the NHS, private sector and industry. Presently working as an Independent Practitioner in the Southwest of England, Anne maintains a specialist interest in nutrition support and gastroenterology. Anne joins the BAPEN Executive as Executive Officer but continues in her role as Secretary for the BAPEN Research and Science Committee. Anne is also Treasurer for the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition group, a Founder group of BAPEN and specialist group of the British Dietetic Association.
SIMON GABE - BAPEN Treasurer 2012 will be a fantastic year in this country for all sorts of reasons. Obviously the Olympics will be very exciting but, before the Olympics begin we will be holding a very different sort of BAPEN.
Normally BAPEN is held in October or November, but in 2012 it will be held from 18th – 20th June. The reason for this is that key organisations in the UK with an interest in the digestive tract will be holding their annual conference at the same time. This includes the BSG (British Society of Gastroenterology), BASL (British Association for the Study of Liver), AUGIS (Association of Upper GI Surgeons) and BAPEN. Many other organisations and societies interested in the digestive tract are also contributing to this digestive conference. BAPEN will be a key player
here and it enables nutritional issues to be raised onto a different platform. It also allows BAPEN members to go to the other meetings at the same time.
This convergence of conferences under one umbrella is called the Digestive Disease Federation (DDF) and will be held at the new ACC Convention Centre in Liverpool.
I know it is early but please make a note in your diary for 18th – 20th June 2012 as this conference will be making headlines, and you can be part of it!
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