National Malnutrition Survey 2023

***Please note that we are asking dietitians to provide survey data of all patients recently admitted on a ward, not their own caseloads only.  This is because we are keen to establish the prevalence of malnutrition in your care setting, not the prevalence of malnutrition amongst patients referred to the dietitian.  If you cannot survey all wards, please submit survey data for whichever wards you can, with the ward type clearly on the input sheet.  You have 4 weeks to collect and input the survey data, although we ask that you collect the data from any given ward on ‘one day only’ to avoid double counting. 

A National Malnutrition Survey in Ireland will take place on November 9^th 2023

Please join IrSPEN and INDI in undertaking the National Malnutrition Survey on 9^th November during Malnutrition Awareness Week (6-12th November 2023), whether you work in a hospital or in the community.

We are asking for your help to collect data on malnutrition risk in as many adult patients as possible in your healthcare institution.  The results will give us vital information on the scale of malnutrition in Ireland and how it has changed in the last decade.

Not only will this help us to quantify the current level and costs associated with malnutrition, but it will also highlight the gaps in resources needed to manage the problem effectively, supporting with future policy influencing and dietetic workforce planning.

Please find further information on what is involved and the forms for both Hospitals and Residential Care Settings at the links below:

National_Malnutrition_Survey_2023.docx 

Hospital_Patient_Data_form.pdf

Residential_care_home_form.pdf

Hospital_Codes_List_Malnutrition_Screening_Week_23.pdf