Food, Nutrition and  
      Hydration Policy
      For Adult Patients 
      in Acute Hospitals
      November 2018
                                                                                                           
              
                   																	
                   		
                   		
                   		
                                                                                                  		
                                                                                                  		
                   			
                                                                       	Food		Nutrition	and		Hydration	Policy		
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                                                                        For	Adult	Patients	in	Acute	Hospitals		
                   		
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                   Policy	 	              					Procedure	        																			Protocol	       				       	Guideline	            	
                   		
                                                                                                  		
                                                                                                  			
                                                                                  National Policy Development Group for Food, Nutrition and 
                   Title	of	PPPG	Development	Group:	                              National	Policy	Development	Group		for	Food		Nutrition	and	
                                                                                  Hydration Policy (FNHP), for Adult Patients in Acute Hospitals
                   		                                                             Hydration	Policy	(FNHP))	for		Adult	Patients		in	Acute	Hospitals		
                   Approved	by:	 	                                                	HSE	Leadership	November	13	2018	
                   		
                   Reference	Number:	                                             	To	be	assigned		
                                                                                  A0 001:00 (Acute operations: Policy 1: first issue)
                   		
                   Version	Number:	                                               	1	
                   		
                   Publication	Date:	                                             	2018	
                   		
                   Date	for	revision:	                                            	2021	
                   		
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                                                                                  https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/acute-hospitals-division/about/
                   		
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             Table of Contents 
              Part A 
              Food, Nutrition and Hydration Policy Recommendations
              Section     Title                                                                                   Page 
               1.0        Initiation                                                                                   1
               1.1        Purpose                                                                                      1
               1.2        Scope                                                                                        1
               1.3        Objectives                                                                                   1
               1.4        Outcomes                                                                                     1
               2.0        Nutritional Care for Adult Patients in Acute Hospitals                                       2
               2.1        Evidence Statement/Summary                                                                   3
               2.2        Key Recommendations for Provision of Nutritional Care for Adult Patients in Acute          10
                          Hospitals 
               3.0        Nutrition Standards for Catering for Adult Patients in Acute Hospitals                     14
               3.1        Evidence Statement/Summary                                                                 15
               3.2        Key Recommendations for Catering for Adult Patients in Acute Hospital                      16
               3.3        Nutrition Standard for Hydration Provision for Adult Patients in Acute Hospitals           19
               3.4        Nutrition Standard for the Regular Hospital Diet                                           21
               3.5        Catering for Cultural, Ethnic or Religious diets                                           23
               3.5.1      Key Recommendations for Catering for Cultural, Ethnic or Religious Diets                   23
               3.6        Catering for Personal Diets                                                                24
               3.6.1      Key Recommendations for Catering for Personal Diets                                        24
               3.7        Test or Investigation Diets                                                                25
               3.7.1      Key Recommendations for Test or Investigation Diets                                        25
               4.0        Nutrition Standards for Catering for Therapeutic Diets                                     26
               4.1        Evidence Statement/Summary                                                                 27
               4.1.1      Key Recommendations for the Provision of Therapeutic Diets                                 27
               4.2        Nutrition Standard for a Healthy Eating Diet (suitable for patients with diabetes and/     28
                          or cardiovascular disease)
               4.3        Nutrition Standard for an Energy Dense Diet                                                30
               4.4        Nutrition Standard for a No Added Salt Diet                                                32
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