Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99580
Diseases: Malnutrition
Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Shockat Adam
Independent — Leicester South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people at risk of disease-related malnutrition are identified early through screening tools in primary and community care.
Answer
Ashley DaltonDisease-related malnutrition is a clinical condition affecting all ages across the community and in all health and care settings. Diagnosis and detection are key, and health staff are trained to spot the early warning signs of malnutrition so effective in...
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