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Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is produced for individual patients following referral to the Nutrition Support Team.
South Devon and Torbay
Plymouth Derriford Hospital
Patients in primary care receiving TPN do so through secondary care through Home Healthcare arrangements. Each patient and their GP should be given a contact number for further help and support.
GPs will not be asked to prescribe TPN or any component of it.
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