New 'Home from Hospital' guide: Making sure people eat well when they leave hospital

Sustain's Older People's Food Campaign has published a new guide exploring how we can ensure people have access to food when they are dischraged home from hospital. The guide features a foreword from Sustain patron Dame Prue Leith, summarises five key elements of ensuring people have support in place:

1. Developing a joined-up approach to food and hospital discharge
2. Understanding and responding to people’s needs
3. Navigating local support options
4. Developing and communicating a plan
5. Supporting local providers

The guide includes a number of examples of good practice from around the country showcasing the range of tailored responses, but also the need for a policy and fundinn framework to support them to thrive. The online launch event featured speakers from just some of these case studies - Edinburgh, Blackburn with Darwen, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

'This guide provides just some examples of the myriad of fantastic initiatives to support people’s access to food when they go home from hospital. I hope this guide highlights the value of this work and fosters increased and long-term support for these services.' Simon Shaw CF

Find out more about the Home from Hospital project. The project was kindly supported by the Churchill Fellowship and the Rank Foundation.