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Health and Wellbeing Coaches
Malnutrition Pathway Primary Care Network Portal
PCN RESOURCES HOME PAGE RESOURCES A-Z RETURN TO MAIN SITEHealth and Wellbeing Coaches use health coaching skills to support people to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to become active participants in their care so that they can reach their own health and wellbeing goals. They play an important role in supporting patients with long term conditions as well as assisting those at risk of diabetes, who require weight management advice and who have been diagnosed with cancer. Many of these patients’ groups will be at risk of malnutrition.
Health and Wellbeing Coaches can offer general healthy eating advice and assess cooking skills as well as assisting those at risk of malnutrition to implement personalised health and care plans. They can assist by:
- Assessing whether an individual is able to access food and drink, has appropriate cooking facilities and the ability to prepare food
- Checking that individuals have assistance when needed from carers, agencies and social link prescribers to access food and create meals
- Discussing eating and drinking difficulties with individuals and referring to other members of the multi-disciplinary team such as dietitians for specialist dietary advice
