Alice Eaton (Bsc) has been awarded the prize for best overall research project 2021 for her final year project in

Routine nutrition screening recommended for 58,000 receiving Home Care support The introduction of nutritional screening as part of winter flu

A new international report has recognised the major progress in treating type 2 diabetes – and prompted a new medical

In its submission, the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN), with the support of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (INDI) focuses

Consultant Gastroenterologist at St James’s Hospital and Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) Director Dr Cara Dunne sets out current

The IrSPEN Board is pleased to announce the IrSPEN2021 Poster Winners.  As expected, the standard of poster submissions this year

HSE must reduce mortality among patients with intestinal failure Major National Conference taking place on Repositioning Nutrition in Healthcare A

The purpose of this module is: To highlight the importance of identifying adults at risk of malnutrition and To provide

Description Two National Policies for Disability Services will be launched via webinar on March 12, 2021. These are the: 1.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) that is delivered by face mask or hood is increasingly used in patients with COVID-19

Aine Ryan (Bsc) has been awarded the prize for best overall research project 2020 for her final year project in the

Surgery more effective and cheaper than insulin for people with severe type 2 diabetes Surgery has been found to be

Nutrition screening and treatments will help hospitalised Covid-19 patients Reducing inpatient malnutrition estimated to save 30,000 bed days and €24m

Don’t miss out on an online briefing and guidance session on the new National Clinical Guideline (22) on hospital nutrition which is mandatory for all

Call on HSE to make proven Obesity Treatment available to public patients ‘Daily injection’ treatment protects patients with obesity against

The management of adult severe intestinal failure and home parenteral nutrition urgently requires a national specialist centre, according to IrSPEN.

Help reduce the incidence of malnutrition and improve patient outcomes by joining us on October 5-9 for ASPEN’s Malnutrition Awareness Week™!

On 21 September, during the ESPEN-ONCA-MNI Joint Session at ESPEN Virtual Congress 2020, cancer patients’ representatives, dietitians, cancer care givers and industry emphasised

Do you have a question related to Covid-19 in your clinical area (either directly related or as a result of

NEW DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE Many patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 admitted to ICU will require artificial nutrition support.  To provide

Call to provide more surgical treatments to patients with Kidney Disease Ireland has been called on to offer more gastric

Doctors publish ‘triage plan’ for obesity and diabetes treatments post-COVID-19 Doctors have cautioned against patients with obesity being ‘stigmatised’, in

This is an update of the 2012/2013 algorithm and reference document. The objective of the nutrition support algorithm and guidance (see

Treatment of malnutrition to be strengthened in hospitals New nutrition protocols of benefit to Covid-19 patients 30,000 bed days and €24m can

Guidance for Nutrition relating to COVID-19 Version 1.0 20th April 2020 Background It is important at this time that we

VITAMIN D CAN HELP BUILD RESISTANCE TO RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, INCLUDING COVID-19 Researchers from Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) and Trinity

UCC in collaboration with Breakthrough Cancer Research are delighted to launch their latest free cookbook for cancer patients ‘Healthy Eating