National Nurses Nutrition Group Conference
Promoting education in Nutrition
2025 Programme
Day One
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Arrival and welcome drinks
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Welcome and introduction
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NGT safety - NGSIG
Linda Broomfield and Suzy Cole co-chairs NGSIG will be looking at where we are with NGT safety: The role that NGSIG can play witihin this What current best practice looks like What the future looks like
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Dinner
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Preventing Nasogastric Tube Related Never Events Utilising a National Radiographer-Led Pathway
Despite national alerts and guidance, NG tube related Never Events relating to misinterpretation of check x-rays persist, resulting in several cases of harm and death each year. Utilising radiographers to identify and act on misplaced NG tubes that require a check x-ray is a proven tool for preventing such Never Events. A national radiographer-led pathway has been created and is in it’s first phase of roll out in specific NHS Trusts and Headboards. This talk will outline this pathway and ask for your engagement and support with the pathway.
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New developments with management of NG Tubes
Day Two
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Registration and exhibition viewing
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NNNG opening and welcome
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A single centre experience of establishing a nutrition nurse service and improving nasogastric feeding tube patient safety.
This session will provide insight into the development of a new Nutrition Nurse service in a general hospital over a 7-year period. It will delve into how audit processes have facilitated transformation in organisational culture. Examples will be presented demonstrating the complexities involved in enhancing the safety of nasogastric feeding tubes management and promoting community-based feeding tube care.
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Bedside replacement of Jejunostomy Tubes
The aim of our study was to determine the safety profile of the bedside replacement of jejunostomy tubes, undertaken by a CNS team in a hospital setting. 201 bedside jejunostomy tube changes were undertaken by the nursing service between 2015 and 2025. 97% of these were straightforward, with position confirmed at the bedside. 3% had a post tube change tubogram to confirm position in the bowel. The bedside replacement of a jejunostomy tube is safe, with no serious complications such as intraperitoneal placement of tubes reported. We hope this research will form the basis for the development of national guidance for the replacement of jejunostomy tubes at the bedside.
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Sponsored session TBC
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Practice Development Nurse, Professional Nurse Advocate, Intensive Care Unit,
West Middlesex University Hospital
Sponsor
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Morning break and exhibition viewing
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Nutrition Nursing in Northern Ireland
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Headline sponsor session
Sponsor
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The Management of Refractory Gastroparesis: Third Line Therapeutic and Surgical Options
Refractory gastroparesis, a chronic gastric motility disorder unresponsive to first- and second-line treatments, requires advanced interventions for symptom relief and improved quality of life. This presentation will discuss third-line therapeutic and surgical options, including gastric electrical stimulation (GES), pyloric interventions such as pyloroplasty and Gastric Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (GPOEM), and more invasive procedures like gastric bypass or subtotal gastrectomy. Patient selection, physiological assessment, and individualised approaches are emphasised. These advanced modalities, while not curative, offer hope in severe cases by reducing symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and bloating, and by improving gastric emptying in selected patients.
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Lunch and exhibition viewing
13:05 - 13:35: NNNG AGM
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Sponsored session
Sponsor
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Update from PINNT; let’s go travelling!
What’s new from PINNT along with a focus on the obstacles and challenges of travelling with artificial nutrition. What’s the key – planning! Pack your bags and come along for the journey.
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Afternoon break and exhibition viewing
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Salt therapy for treatment of overgranulation at gastrostomy sites
An overview of how we introduced salt therapy for treatment of overgranulation at gastrostomy sites at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
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An overview of BSNA
To understand who BSNA are and what they do along with the resources that are produced.
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Scientific & Regulatory Policy Manager
British Specialist Nutrition Association
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Close of conference