Following on from our in-person NutriTalks, Can the NHS afford to ignore food and nutrition any longer?, we’ve pulled together some of the key resources and references discussed within the session.
Papers and Reports
Malnutrition Pathway Consensus Panel. Managing Adult Malnutrition: Including a pathway for the appropriate use of oral nutritional supplements (ONS). www.malnutritionpathway.co.uk/ons
AYMES. (2025). Nutrition in Focus: A UK Overview. https://aymes.com/pages/nutrition-in-focus
Baldwin, C. & Weekes, C.E. (2021) Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease-related malnutrition in adults (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002008.pub5
British Dietetic Association (BDA) (2019) Food Fact Sheet: Malnutrition. March 2019. Available at: https://www.bda.uk.com/uploads/assets/a3b7670b-7f77-4a9f-b5bf14179882b6d1/Malnutrition-food-factsheet.pdf
British Dietetic Association (BDA). Manual of Dietetic Practice, Chapter 63: Oral Nutritional Support. https://www.bda.uk.com/static/8c523ad7-4a98-408e-8554c3c63519f660/Manual-of-Dietetic-Practice-Chapter-63-Oral-nutritional-support.pdf
Department of Health and Social Care. (2023). ACBS Policy on Standard Adult Ready-to-Drink Oral Nutritional Supplements: Consultation Response. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/oral-nutritional-supplements-acbs-policy/outcome/acbs-policy-on-standard-adult-ready-to-drink-oral-nutritional-supplements-consultation-response
Elia, M. et al. Malnutrition Action Group. (2011). The ‘MUST’ Explanatory Booklet: A Guide to the ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’ (‘MUST’) for Adults. BAPEN. Accessed online: www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/must/must-explan.pdf (Aug 2025).
Elia, M. The cost of malnutrition in England and potential cost savings from nutritional interventions. A report on the cost of disease-related malnutrition in England and a budget impact analysis of implementing the NICE clinical guidelines/quality standard on nutritional support in adults. (2015). Accessed online: https://www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/economic-report-full.pdf (Aug 2025).
NHS England. (2022). National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink. https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/national-standards-for-healthcare-food-and-drink
NICE. (2006). Nutrition support for adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg32/resources/nutrition-support-for-adults-oral-nutrition-support-enteral-tube-feeding-and-parenteral-nutrition-pdf-975383198917
PrescQIPP. (2021). Guidelines for the appropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) for adults in primary care. https://www.prescqipp.info/media/5753/261-oral-nutritional-supplements-22.pdf
Chair:
Professor Mary Hickson, Professor of Dietetics, University of Plymouth
Expert Panel:
Anna Taylor, Executive Director, The Food Foundation
Philip Shelley, Senior Operational & Policy Manager
Professor Kevin John Morgan, Professor of Governance and Development, Cardiff University
Lucy Jones, Specialist Dietitian and Chief Clinical Officer, Oviva
Dr Duane Mellor, Senior Specialist Dietitian (Children’s Diabetes) and Honorary Associate Professor, University of Canberra
Dr Shireen Kassam, Consultant Haematologist and Director of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK
Stella West-Harling MBE, Founder, Social Entrepreneur, Advocate for Nutrition Equity
Partners
Other Useful Resources
SENSE – Join the original network of professional nutrition consultants who work on a self employed basis
Greener by Default – Food As Medicine
Plant-Based Health Professionals – NLMC25 Virtual Conference
BDA Nutrition and Hydration Digest 3rd Edition
The Ashburton Cookery School
- The Ashburton Cookery School in Devon is one of the UK’s top cookery schools offering inspirational cookery courses taught by our team of expert chefs. With over 50 cookery courses to choose from, designed to suit beginners as well as advanced home cooks we will teach you to cook with imagination, passion and enjoyment.
A Cook’s Book
- ‘A Cook’s Book’ is much more than your average recipe book. Written by Ashburton Cookery School founder Stella West-Harling MBE it charts her personal journey through food and cookery, from her childhood in post-war Britain through to running one of the UK’s first organic restaurants and the foundations that were subsequently laid that resulted in her launching one of the UK’s top cookery school’s in Ashburton.
AYMES Academy
A dedicated space for healthcare professionals, helping to support you and your patients with CPD learning resources, the latest clinical research insights as well as expert-led webinars and video content.
Nutrition in Focus Report
The “Nutrition in Focus: A UK Overview” report, commissioned by AYMES, uncovers critical challenges and opportunities within the United Kingdom’s (UK) medical nutrition landscape.
This book explores the ‘good food revolution’ in public institutions, asking what broader lessons can be learned.
Podcasts
The Food Programme – Feeding the Nation
Plant-Based Health Professionals – Plants First Healthcare Update
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