Preventative Care
Advancing Preventative Care
The 'Unlocking Prevention in Integrated Care Systems' report underscores the urgent need for a preventative healthcare model, as outlined in the government's ten-year health plan.
While valuable as an intervention, NutriDaily's true potential lies in preventing malnutrition by making effective nutritional support accessible directly within people's homes. Offering a measurable, palatable, and convenient solution in the community supports individuals to proactively manage their nutritional health, mirroring the 'left shift' report. This approach facilitates a move from reactive acute care to proactive community-based prevention, tackling capacity and practical implementation challenges head-on
NutriDaily provides an addition to the dietetic toolkit, supporting ICSs in achieving their goals of improved population health and long-term healthcare sustainability by preventing malnutrition before it escalates into costly and complex health issues leading to reduced quality of patient care.
https://www.nhsconfed.org/publications/report-unlocking-prevention-integrated-care-systems
The NHS Long-Term Plan
The NHS Long Term Plan's focus on preventative care, aiming to support longer, healthier lives, directly aligns with the benefits NutriDaily aims to provide. While the plan emphasises lifestyle choices like smoking cessation, weight management, and reduced alcohol intake, NutriDaily addresses a critical, often overlooked aspect of preventative care: nutritional well-being.
NutriDaily offers a delicious, measurable, and convenient source of a range of essential nutrients. As the plan stresses the importance of treating avoidable illnesses early, NutriDaily aims to proactively assist in the management of malnutrition, a condition that significantly impacts recovery and increases healthcare costs.
By integrating NutriDaily into care pathways, the NHS can provide patients with a fortified food-based intervention to support the plan's goals of reducing hospital admissions, improving patient outcomes, and fostering healthier lifestyles.
A preventative strategy
A proactive, preventative approach to nutritional intake aims to reduce the risk of malnutrition before it leads to significant health decline, such as:
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Increased Healthcare Costs: Malnutrition dramatically increases hospital admissions, extends stays, and necessitates costly treatments. The £19.6 billion annual cost of malnutrition to the NHS underscores this.1
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Reduced Patient Quality of Life: Malnutrition leads to frailty, increased risk of infections, and slower recovery, severely impacting patient well-being.2
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Ineffective Treatment: Reactive supplementation often faces challenges with patient acceptance due to taste and texture, leading to poor compliance and limited effectiveness.3
Reference 1 & 2: https://www.bapen.org.uk/malnutrition/introduction-to-malnutrition/how-much-does-malnutrition-cost-the-uk/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Reference 3: https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/oral-nutritional-supplements-and-the-power-of-taste.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Oral nutritional supplements [ONS] are offered to patients who have been identified as malnourished.
Early intervention with NutriDaily can provide alternative, effective, food-based solutions with the aim of supporting improved patient outcomes and overall well-being.
A measurable, proactive approach to malnutrition
Offering patients a delicious, fortified food-based supplement before malnutrition sets in, NutriDaily aims to support the NHS goals to:
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Reduce Healthcare Costs: Prevent costly hospital admissions and readmissions by maintaining nutritional status.
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Improve Patient Outcomes: Enhance recovery, reduce complications, and support independence.
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Address Root Causes: Help to address the underlying factors that contribute to malnutrition, such as reduced appetite, difficulty shopping, and social isolation.