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A support & advocacy group for people on Home Artificial Nutrition (HAN)

  • Patient support & advocacy: Our aim is to offer support, empathy and contact to patients who require artificial nutrition at home.
  • Education: Showcasing life on HAN from the patients/carers/family perspective. Working to use this information to enhance services, thoughts and perceptions.
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Can you eat a small amount, but usually pay the full price for a meal when you are out?
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The NEW PINNT exclusive guide to going on holiday in the UK and abroad
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Used in lots of public places to provide added verification that your pump is medical equipment.
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Helping you when in hospital and you have a CVC for parenteral nutrition
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BAPEN Patient Network Development Group locked
17/03/2023

BAPEN Patient Network Development Group

Joint statement of intent  
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New report from LITRE locked
08/02/2023

New report from LITRE

LITRE publish User Assessment on the latest pump from Micrel Medical Devices  
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Potential Power outages locked
09/12/2022

Potential Power outages

Patient information for people on home parenteral nutrition   
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Membership renewal 2023 locked
04/12/2022

Membership renewal 2023

PINNT Membership renewal process for 2023.
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Cost of living crisis locked
10/11/2022

Cost of living crisis

Update from PINNT: cost of living and potential power outages  
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Enteral feeds supply chain issues locked
26/09/2022

Enteral feeds supply chain issues

Ongoing disruption to global supply chains and the availability of raw materials and ingredients
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Guidance for storage and use of Parenteral Nutrition MCBs/compounded PN/intravenous fluids in high temperatures locked
11/08/2022

Guidance for storage and use of Parenteral Nutrition MCBs/compounded PN/intravenous fluids in high temperatures

Storage of Parenteral Nutrition Multi-Chamber Bags and Intravenous Fluids for Home Parenteral Nutrition, Fluid Patients in temperatures above 25OC  
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Green light for Natalie's awareness for HAN Week 2022 locked
31/07/2022

Green light for Natalie's awareness for HAN Week 2022

Natalie Maltby shares her story to raise awareness of her life saving treatment
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Outstanding Achievement Award locked
28/07/2022

Outstanding Achievement Award

Sarah Bailey won the inaugural award in 2021 for raising awareness during HAN Week 2021
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Home Parenteral Nutrition Services in England locked
20/07/2022

Home Parenteral Nutrition Services in England

Information for patients and carers - May 2022  
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Virtual Nutrition Team Guidance locked
31/03/2022

Virtual Nutrition Team Guidance

New Guidance available to members  
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The use of blended diet with enteral feeding tubes locked
29/03/2022

The use of blended diet with enteral feeding tubes

BDA launched their Practice Toolkit: The Use of Blended Diet with Enteral Feeding Tubes.
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New report from LITRE locked
07/03/2022

New report from LITRE

LITRE publish User Assessment on the latest pump from Fresenius Kabi  
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Living with artificial nutrition booklet locked
23/12/2021

Living with artificial nutrition booklet

A must read! Order now!
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PN resources: Myth Busters No 4 locked
08/08/2021

PN resources: Myth Busters No 4

During HAN Week 2021 we will be sharing Myth Busters as part of our project with Baxter.  
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In their Shoes app locked
08/08/2021

In their Shoes app

If you have intestinal failure and are living on parenteral nutrition, have you ever said or thought "you have no idea what it's like?" Professor Simon Lal &...
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It's competition time locked
07/08/2021

It's competition time

#smile 
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PN resources: Myth Busters No 3 locked
07/08/2021

PN resources: Myth Busters No 3

During HAN Week 2021 we will be sharing Myth Busters as part of our project with Baxter.
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PN resources: Myth Busters No 2 locked
06/08/2021

PN resources: Myth Busters No 2

During HAN Week 2021 we will sharing Myth Busters as part of our project with Baxter.  
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Learnings from PINNT locked
06/08/2021

Learnings from PINNT

Support & advocacy for people on home artificial nutrition   
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PN resources: Myth Busters No 1 locked
05/08/2021

PN resources: Myth Busters No 1

During HAN Week 2021 we will be sharing Myth Busters as part of our project with Baxter.  
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Baxter & PINNT partnership locked
04/08/2021

Baxter & PINNT partnership

Exciting news...
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Enteral Top Tips Guide locked
03/08/2021

Enteral Top Tips Guide

During HAN Week 2021 we are pleased to update you on our Top Tips Guide for people using enteral nutrition  
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Challenge Gary locked
07/07/2021

Challenge Gary

Gary is nil by mouth and totally fuelled by enteral nutrition.  
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Sarah supported HAN Week 2020 locked
11/06/2021

Sarah supported HAN Week 2020

The challenge was set by Ezekiel...  
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Executive Committee #CaptainTom100 locked
04/05/2021

Executive Committee #CaptainTom100

100 Knock Knock jokes...
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PINNT’s Virtual Nutrition Team (VNT) locked
19/04/2021

PINNT’s Virtual Nutrition Team (VNT)

We’re recruiting...  
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Advisory panel - enteral nutrition locked
07/04/2021

Advisory panel - enteral nutrition

We are seeking volunteers to be part of a PINNT enteral nutrition (EN, tube feeding/ oral nutritional supplements) advisory panel.  
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Advisory panel - parenteral nutrition locked
06/04/2021

Advisory panel - parenteral nutrition

We are seeking volunteers to be part of a PINNT advisory panel for people on parenteral nutrition  
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Home parenteral nutrition survey locked
10/03/2021

Home parenteral nutrition survey

Are you over 18 years old and currently receiving home parenteral nutrition (HPN)?  
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Talking about HAN locked
11/02/2021

Talking about HAN

PINNT and NGPOD Global collaboration
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Calling Enteral Tube Users locked
02/02/2021

Calling Enteral Tube Users

Are you a home enteral tube user who would be willing to share your knowledge and experience?  
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Anna's story... locked
21/01/2021

Anna's story...

I am delighted to be launching PINNT’s new awareness campaign ‘Let’s talk about HAN.’ It is vital that we keep the conversation going about home...
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NEW campaign locked
15/01/2021

NEW campaign

Let's Talk about HAN...
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Brexit - reciprocal healthcare arrangements locked
04/01/2021

Brexit - reciprocal healthcare arrangements

Brexit deal reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the EU  
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Calea statement: recent changes to deliveries locked
23/12/2020

Calea statement: recent changes to deliveries

Deliveries over Christmas and the New Year  
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BAPEN & PINNT Statement - New Tier 4 guidance locked
22/12/2020

BAPEN & PINNT Statement - New Tier 4 guidance

Guidance for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) people in Tier 4  
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Calling all enteral tube feeding members locked
16/12/2020

Calling all enteral tube feeding members

Would you like to take part in an interview for a podcast/video?Would you be happy to share your experience of tube feeding?It's a chance to give insight from your...
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COVID-19 vaccine advice on priority groups locked
03/12/2020

COVID-19 vaccine advice on priority groups

Information received from the Specialised Healthcare Alliance, of which we are a member, which provides a summary of the vaccine advice on priority groups  
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Finding solace in difficult times locked
30/11/2020

Finding solace in difficult times

Seeing through the challenges and finding the nuggets of gold can be hard at this time of year but help is always at hand if you need it.  
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