Guidance: Suggested 7 Steps to Appropriate Prescribing of Adult Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS)
IMPORTANT: This guidance does not override the individual responsibility of health care professionals to consider individual patient needs. Consider underlying medical conditions (including end of life care), eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (outside the remit of this guidance) and risk factors for disease, before offering food first advice or prescribing ONS
The steps are detailed in the tabs and links below and the full guidance is available as a pdf here
See also ‘Promoting Good Nutrition’ (PGN) regional guidance
See PHA website also for – Oral nutrition support – resources for patients, carers and healthcare professionals
9.4.1 Step 1-Identification of nutritional risk
9.4.2-Step 2-Underlying causes of malnutrition
9.4.4-Step 4-Discuss ‘Food First’ dietary advice
9.4.6-Step 6-Review need for ONS
9.4.7 Step 7-When to Discontinue ONS