Management of overprescribing of oral nutritional supplements in a community hospital
Malnutrition costs the UK an astounding £23.5bn annually1, an increase from £19.5bn reported by the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) in 2015, with half of this amount spent on its treatment in older people aged over 65 years2. Dehydration and malnutritio…