MALNUTRITION CAROUSEL

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That this House acknowledges that malnutrition is a significant United Kingdom public health problem affecting up to two million people, which causes avoidable ill health and annually costs the NHS millions of pounds; notes that malnutrition is frequently undetected and untreated where malnourished patients circulate between hospital and the community on a malnutrition carousel because they are undernourished; welcomes the new guidelines produced by the Mulnutrition Advisory Group to help health professionals detect and manage mulnutrition in the community; and calls on the Government to support and endorse the use of the guidelines in the NHS to help reduce the unacceptable incidence of malnutrition throughout the community.