Abstract
Following revelations that almost 40% of hospital patients are at risk of malnutrition and the total annual cost to the country of treating this condition is over £7 billion, recent guidelines from the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) suggest that all hospital patients should be routinely screened for malnutrition and offered specialist support. Patients with cancer may be at an increased risk because of the peculiarities of the disease process, and suffer additional serious effects such as reduced response to treatments. It has also been estimated that 20% of all cancer deaths could be attributed to malnourishment. This month’s Web Words looks at aspects of nutritional assessment and how this feature of care could be enhanced.
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