BAPEN Conference With widespread support and endorsement from 10 professional


organisations, it is hoped that the guide to managing malnutrition document will provide an easily accessible tool to help decision-making in the community, where 93 per cent of malnutrition exists. In conjunction with improved awareness amongst clinical commissioning groups, who in turn need to work with local dietetic departments and secondary care services to agree protocols for referral to specialist services, it is hoped that we can move one step closer towards delivering excellent nutritional care in the community and eliminating avoidable malnutrition. Dr Christine Baldwin then presented a stunningly superb review of the


evidence in an amazingly clear format and demonstrated the strength of evidence alongside the knowledge gaps. The session concluded with Debbie Sutton presenting the newly launched nutrition and hydration digest: Improving outcomes through food and beverage services. If you were unable to attend the event and want to download


‘Managing Adult Malnutrition in the Community’, please visit: http://www.malnutritionpathway.co.uk/ and for BAPEN resources, please visit: www.bapen.org.uk


State of the Art Lecture: Surgery,


Nutrition and ERAS It was fitting that such a fantastic programme should finish with an amazing lecture by the inventor of carbohydrate loading and a pioneer of ERAS – Olle Ljungqvist, Professor of Surgery, Orebro University Hospital, Denmark. Olle reinforced the importance of appropriate peri-operative nutrition and hydration as key factors in the success of ERAS programmes.


Pennington Lecture


This year’s lecture entitled ‘Money Matters’ was delivered by BAPEN legend Professor Marinos Elia. In it he demonstrated how the quality adjusted life years measurement (QALY) can be used to show that ONS are actually a cost effective treatment that could lead to overall cost savings for the NHS and improved outcomes for patients.


Doing it Safely – Enteral Nutrition and


Parenteral Nutrition Two fabulous symposia gave practical guides on how to avoid doing harm with enteral nutrition (EN) and PN. The first on EN covered everything from refeeding syndrome to assessing a patient for a PEG and problems with PEGs such as minor blocks, soreness and granulomas. The second on PN gave the American perspective on safety from renowned international speaker Professor Joseph Boullata, University of Pennsylvania. Jackie Eastwood, Pharmacist, and Nurse Consultant Alison Young followed with outstanding reviews on safety in prescribing and avoiding catheter related sepsis. PINNT’s Richard Shawyer brilliantly reviewed the patient’s perspective on managing PN at home.


BAPEN Annual Dinner


The BAPEN Annual Dinner in Liverpool fittingly involved the Mersey Beatles tribute band on the day of Paul McCartney’s birthday. Many BAPEN members immersed themselves into the true spirit of the night and bopped the night away in their colourful 60’s glad rags: some needing to change half way through the evening to prevent them expiring from the heat created by those nylon wigs and nylon clothes…how did they manage it back then?


Finally


The involvement of the four DDF partners at the conference meant that there were so many sessions that were of interest to nutrition specialist nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and doctors. The range of talks and presentations was bigger than ever before and really showed the concept of multi-disciplinary working, with patients at the centre, is embedded throughout the nutrition world. With such a large number of international, inspirational experts


imparting their knowledge to so many in so many different and interesting ways: Yes, it probably was, the best Clinical Nutrition and Digestion Conference the world had ever seen.


9 BAPEN In Touch No.66 August 2012


The presentation of the BAPEN Medical Powell-Tuck Prize was awarded to the abstract entitled ‘Outcome on Home Parenteral Nutrition: 33 years experience from a national centre’, which was presented by Martyn Dibb, Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust.


Charity Raffle and Auction at BAPEN's


Annual Dinner The Charity Raffle and Auction, held as part of the BAPEN Annual Dinner, raised £1,246.00, with all the proceeds being donated to PINNT. BAPEN would like to thank all who supported this event for their kind generosity: Abbott Nutrition; Betty’s in Harrogate; CN Magazines; Golf Monthly; Holiday Inn-London Oxford Circus; JL Consulting; Minerva Health & Care Communications; Nutricia; Phil Hall (BAPEN’s NatWest Business Manager); Sovereign Conference; Streets Heaver Healthcare Computing; The Liverpool Football Club & Athletic Grounds Ltd; Vauxhall Printing.


Nutrition Society Cuthbertson Medal Lecture awarded to Dr Kevin Whelan, Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London.


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