PWE-113 Nutrition support teams in the UK: the current picture

Abstract

Table 2 Action documented by clinician in response to a 'MUST' score of !1

Young GI angle: Subspecialising in gastroenterology: Needs, challenges and opportunities

“…Nutrition as a subspecialist area has often been overlooked; in a survey of trainees developed by the BSG, only 54.4% of respondents would feel satisfied or very satisfied with their training in nutrition compared to 81.7% in IBD, 71.0% in hepatology and 70.6% in basic endoscopy. 10,13 A current challenge in delivering training in nutrition is that only 80% of all hospitals in the UK currently have a nutrition support team 18 with only 48% having a full MDT provision (nutrition nurse, a dietician, a doctor and a pharmacist). There is a wide regional variation in provision of nutrition training 18 and this in turn has an adverse effect on training opportunities with a survey showing that a quarter of UK trainees were unlikely to get formal nutrition training.…”

“…10,13 A current challenge in delivering training in nutrition is that only 80% of all hospitals in the UK currently have a nutrition support team 18 with only 48% having a full MDT provision (nutrition nurse, a dietician, a doctor and a pharmacist). There is a wide regional variation in provision of nutrition training 18 and this in turn has an adverse effect on training opportunities with a survey showing that a quarter of UK trainees were unlikely to get formal nutrition training. This sentiment is echoed across Europe.…”