Posted on: June 20, 2018
Prescribing ONS: The requirements for individual clinical circumstances
NHS England Guidance on Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015-2018, NICE Clinical Guideline 32 on Nutrition Support in Adults (CG32) and NICE Quality Standard 24 (QS24), support the use of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) whenever there is a clinical need to do so.
In this month's NHD Magazine, Katherine Sykes discusses the provision of ONS on prescription, explores how ONS, when used appropriately, supports good patient outcomes and highlights the level of malnutrition in the UK.