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Guidelines for oral nutrition support - East Cheshire NHS Trust

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Part 2 – CONSIDERATION OF DATA AND RESEARCHTo conduct the assessment you will need in<strong>for</strong>mation about service users, and the staff thatprovide the service. This section is to help you identify the sort of in<strong>for</strong>mation that will beneeded to help you assess whether there may be barriers to different groups who areaffected by this document.2.1 Give details of RELEVANT quantitative and qualitative data or in<strong>for</strong>mationavailable that gives you an understanding of who will be affected by this document(include in<strong>for</strong>mation where appropriate from other teams/units, census, patient or staffmonitoring etc.) Please note that in some cases data may not exist or be available and youmay there<strong>for</strong>e have to undertake additional research. Look on the <strong>Trust</strong> website/Intranet atthe local ‘Cohesia’ Report, which gives you more up to date data <strong>for</strong> the local area than thecensus. For in<strong>for</strong>mation about <strong>Trust</strong> patient activity, contact the In<strong>for</strong>mation Department onext 1186.70% of referrals made to Nutrition and Dietetics are <strong>for</strong> <strong>nutrition</strong> <strong>support</strong> <strong>for</strong> patents at highrisk of mal<strong>nutrition</strong> as identified by the Mal<strong>nutrition</strong> Universal Screening Tool (MUST).2.2 Profile of users or beneficiariesWhat have you found out using this in<strong>for</strong>mation? Are there any key groups of people who willbe affected, or who have been over/under represented?The majority of the patients requiring <strong>oral</strong> <strong>nutrition</strong> <strong>support</strong> are aged over 65 years. Theproportion of the population aged over 65 years is higher in <strong>East</strong>ern <strong>Cheshire</strong> than the UK asa whole, so proportionately more individuals in this area may require <strong>oral</strong> <strong>nutrition</strong> <strong>support</strong>.2.3 Relevant consultationHaving identified key groups, how have you made sure that the document will affect them inthe way that you intend? Have you spoken to staff groups, charities, national organisationsetc?Consultation has been undertaken with representatives of the key groups involved inimplementation of the document.2.4 Evidence of complaints relating to this document on grounds of discrimination(Is there any evidence of complaints either from patients or staff (grievance) relating to thedocument or its effects on different groups?)None.2.5 Does the in<strong>for</strong>mation gathered from 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 indicate any negativeimpact as a result of this document?No.CNSG 003 <strong>East</strong> <strong>Cheshire</strong> <strong>NHS</strong> <strong>Trust</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> <strong>for</strong> Oral Nutrition Support in Adults Page 14 of 17

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