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Nutrition

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL15944, tabled on 22 May 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of appointing a clinical lead for nutrition for the NHS in England.

Answered on

6 June 2019

NHS England and NHS Improvement have a lead Nutrition and Hydration Specialist in Quality Improvement. Their work focusses on building collaboratives to improve nutrition and hydration within providers.

In addition, Public Health England’s (PHE) Chief Nutritionist provides leadership and strategic oversight on key priority areas of diet, nutrition, obesity and physical activity to PHE, the Department and other Government departments.