Abstract
Abstract As societal challenges go, a condition that affects 25% of hospital admissions, that contributes to 15% of the health and social care budget and for which we have an evidence-based and cost-saving approach should be a key priority for every healthcare system. Yet undernutrition remains a skeleton in the closet. It is underemphasized in public health priorities, under-taught in the medical curriculum and under-resourced in terms of trained healthcare professionals identifying and managing the problem. Costing an additional £6195 per patient and £30.6 billion in health and social costs per year, could a greater understanding of the costs of malnutrition bring a stronger alignment around the actions needed to produce a better nutritional future?
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