Malnutrition causing thousands of hospital admissions

[annie]

More than 2,000 cases of patients with malnutrition were recorded by 43 hospital trusts in a single year.

There were 193 "episodes" of malnutrition in 12 months at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust alone, according to new figures.

Freedom of Information (FOI) figures show a rise of 259 between the 43 trusts compared with three years ago.

A food bank charity said it feared families were struggling to afford to feed themselves.

The government said that malnutrition was "unacceptable".

Meanwhile, there are warnings that parents are going without food so their children do not go hungry.

The figures were revealed as Tameside Hospital, also in Greater Manchester, became the first NHS hospital in the UK to set up a permanent food bank on site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34777348

[wendy]

where is the care in the community?

[maureenho]

It's getting like Victorian times.

[JaneJ]

It is unbelievable this happens in this day and age. The government should be ashamed of itself.

[Rosalind]

Unbelievable