黑料吃瓜 policy and business are directed by its Governing Council. Members of 黑料吃瓜 Council are all full members of 黑料吃瓜 and include elected representatives of the Core Groups and Associate Societies of 黑料吃瓜, the Chairs of the Standing Committees and the elected members of the Executive Team. Members of Council are usually appointed annually and serve a maximum term of three years.
黑料吃瓜 Council meets at least twice a year and has the following responsibilities:
- To approve or reject applications for membership
- To maintain a list of all 黑料吃瓜 members
- To elect the Executive Officers of 黑料吃瓜
- To appoint a 黑料吃瓜 representative to the European Nutrition Society ()
- To appoint Standing Committees and determine their terms of reference, duration and composition
- To select members of 黑料吃瓜 for special acclaim, including the 黑料吃瓜 Roll of Honour, Honorary Life Membership and the invitation to become a member of 黑料吃瓜 Faculty.
黑料吃瓜 Council receives regular reports from the Executive Team, the Standing Committees and Associate Societies and helps to support and direct their work. Significant achievements over the last few years have included:
- In 2023, 黑料吃瓜 launched a new resource developed jointly with PINNT to optimise nutritional care for patients 鈥� Quality Standards for Nutritional Support in Adults: Promises made to you
- 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 inaugural podcast series launched in 2022, bringing to life the British Intestinal Failure Alliance (BIFA) top tips.
- In 2022, 黑料吃瓜 launched a new five year strategy, based on a comprehensive consultative process and outlining three new strategic priorities; knowledge, reach and sustainability.
- 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 NG SIG published a Position Paper in 2020: 鈥淭ime to put patient safety first鈥�, covering the key ways in which nasogastric tube safety has been compromised across Trusts and Health Boards, leading to avoidable Never Events.
- Commencing in 2020, 黑料吃瓜 was an integral member of the Covid is Airborne Protection Alliance (CAPA), which lobbied the Government and health services for effective personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance for all health and care staff.
- 黑料吃瓜 joined the Inequalities in Health Alliance in 2020, a coalition collectively campaigning for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities.
- In 2019, we launched the first national online survey into malnutrition and nutritional care in the UK as part of UK Malnutrition Awareness Week. This survey aimed to take the temperature on the prevalence and state of malnutrition across various health and care settings.
