Resources to support safer modification of food and drink

Resources to support safer modification of food and drink A resource alert has been issued to eliminate use of the imprecise term ‘soft diet’ and assist providers with safe transition to the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework, which introduces standard terminology to describe texture modification for food and drink. NHS Improvement

See also:

• Patients 'choked on hospital soft food' BBC News
• Up to 270 NHS patients choked with two dying after being fed solid food on a 'soft diet' The Daily Mail
• Safety alert after hospital patients choke on hash browns and peas The Daily Telegraph