The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Calvary Mater Newcastle supports the care of patients requiring short or long term enteral feeding at home - many of these patients are being treated for head and neck or oesophageal cancer.

A key feature of the Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Service is loaning equipment to patients, like IV poles, to help better facilitate safe feeding at home. Maintaining enough supplies to ensure timely provision of this service is important and thanks to Dry July, 10 IV Poles have now been purchased.

Andrew Court, Nutrition and Dietetics Manager, Calvary Mater Newcastle, says, “We are so grateful to have been able to add these new IV Poles to our HEN Service, it makes such a big difference to our patients.”