Interested in a career in Dietetics? Teesside Uni careers event 1 week today re: postgraduate applications. Link ⬇️ for info: tees.ac.uk/sections/whats… Teesside University BDA North East #careers #dietitians QE Gateshead AHPs Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Come join our wonderful team in Gateshead as a specialist paediatric diabetes dietitian beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Another 2 band 5 dietitian posts have become available within our team. Closing date 31/01/23 beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

The current health and social care crisis affects the whole of society but has greatest impact on older people. People aged 65+ are the most frequent users of health and social care services. Read our new statement supported by Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Exciting new clinical trial published today: Building resilience and reversing frailty: a randomised controlled trial of a primary care intervention for older adults doi.org/10.1093/ageing…

Without #rehabilitation, older people being discharged from hospital experience further deterioration of their health. Already on average 15% of older people being discharged from hospital are readmitted within 28 days. bgs.org.uk/Blueprint #BGSBlueprint

Our Care Home Dietitians have been closely working with our Speech and Language Therapist colleagues to create an IDDSI snack list resource 👇🏼

"Most people believe #frailty is inevitable & irreversible. This clinical trial showed that a simple, low-cost, home-based intervention can reverse frailty and significantly improve muscle strength, bone mass, activity levels and slowness in 3 months." bgs.org.uk/blog/twenty-mi…

Older adults deserve the benefits of exercise medicine. Let's update practices to reflect the research! 👵👴💪 Please retweet if you agree doctors should value exercise more. 🏥🩺 #ExerciseRx Expert consensus guidelines show exercise is safe & effective for older adults. Let's

Health in 2040: projected patterns of illness in England - in a nutshell: if we don't plan a health and care system fit for older people with frailty, we plan to fail. health.org.uk/publications/h… The Health Foundation

The joint project ‘Milkshakes Matter’ by our dietitian Katherine alongside SALT was celebrated at the Safety Quality North graduation. It showed improvements in weight, nutritional status and appropriate prescribing through food based intervention within the care home setting.

A healthy eating resource has been developed to highlight new evidence and a more age-appropriate message around food and nutrition for older adults. Find out more about this much-anticipated resource, and access it in web and printable versions: buff.ly/469UYGm

It is day 2 of Nutrition and Hydration Week N&H Week 2024 #nhweek2024 💚 So today we wanted to talk about food and fluid preferences👇🏼 - To support a #carehome resident's oral intake it's important to find out what they like to eat and drink and any mealtime preferences

The first edition of the BDA Care Home Digest is here! Launched today, these are the first menu planning & food service guidelines for care homes, to support provision of high quality food and drink services for residents in their care. Access it here ⬇ bda.uk.com/practice-and-e…

The BDA is creating guidance on roles and responsibilities for the dietetic support workforce. If you’re a member of our support workforce, make sure your role is captured by completing the survey and share this with your support workforce colleagues ⬇ surveymonkey.com/r/DSW_Roles

Great focus on treatment/prevention of sarcopaenia ⁦BAPEN UK⁩ 24 and the +ve impact of physio and dietetics working together. ⁦Jane henderson⁩ Lisa ferris 👏shining a light on impact of dietetics in the Ncl Care Home MDT ⁦NUTHDietetics&Nutrition⁩ ⁦NUTH AHPs & Therapy Services⁩

Our Frailty elearning course is free to all health and social care professionals and carries 10 CPD credits. If you work with older people living with or at risk of frailty, register now! buff.ly/0A4koz5

Three big shifts will change how the NHS works, enabling it to deliver better care for all patients – no matter where they live. From hospital to community. From analogue to digital. From sickness to prevention. Read the 10 Year Health Plan ⬇️

-- NewcastleHosps marks commitment to greener NHS -- buff.ly/tKRPPD3 #energymanagement #energymanager