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RUTH MCKEE Chair BAPEN Medical
As you read this in the week commencing 13th November, BAPEN Medical will be holding a combined meeting with the Pancreatic Society at Cameron House, Loch Lomond. The word is that there are only a few places left in mid-October and we look forward to a stimulating meeting. The British Intestinal Failure Alliance also meet there on the previous day. If you plan to attend the LLL course on
Respiratory Disease at the December BAPEN meeting, remember to register with LLL (via the ESPEN website
www.espen.org ) – and remember the email address you have used if you want to collect LLL credits! We have a panoply of experts
of respiratory disease who are going to take us through a comprehensive course on nutritional aspects of respiratory diseases. Book for the entire meeting at:
www.bapen.org.uk BAPEN Medical committee has vacancies for a
trainee member and two other committee members. BAPEN medical is aimed primarily at doctors with an interest in clinical nutrition and applications from gastroenterologists, surgeons and chemical pathologists would all be welcomed for these positions. The committee meets three times each year –
at the main BAPEN meeting and on two other occasions in either London or Birmingham. Each
committee member would be expected to contribute actively to some aspect of the committee work, which includes organisation of training days, arranging symposia for BAPEN and other meetings, developing educational modules in nutrition and communicating with the members. Applications are invited by Sunday 18th
November with the aim of appointing members by the time of the December BAPEN meeting. Each applicant should submit a maximum of one side of A4 with a brief CV, reasons for interest in the committee and suggestions of the skills which can be brought to the committee. Applications to:
ruth.mckee@
nhs.net or
njturing@gmail.com.
BAPEN Reports
BAPEN are continuously working as an Association, and with other likeminded Associations, to collate information and produce reports on current nutritional issues affecting hospital, community and social care. BAPEN has recently produced a number of new reports that are now available to purchase or download via the BAPEN office and website.
Reports • Annual BANS Report 2011 • Improving Nutritional Care & Treatment: Perspectives & Recommendations from Population Groups, Patients & Carers
• Combating Malnutrition: Recommendations For Action
• Nutrition Screening Week 2011 Results • Malnutrition in Sheltered Housing Report • British Consensus Guidelines on Intravenous Fluid Therapy for Adult Surgical Patients - GIFTASUP
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