Nutrition
(asked on 22nd May 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of appointing a clinical lead for nutrition for the NHS in England.
This question was answered on 6th June 2019
NHS England and NHS Improvement have a lead Nutrition and Hydration Specialist in Quality Improvement. Their work focusses on building collaboratives to improve nutrition and hydration within providers.
In addition, Public Health England’s (PHE) Chief Nutritionist provides leadership and strategic oversight on key priority areas of diet, nutrition, obesity and physical activity to PHE, the Department and other Government departments.