Regulation 14: Meeting nutritional and hydration needs
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2936)
Last verified by Verivius on 19 May 2026. Next review due 17 Aug 2026.
Plain British summary
When you provide accommodation, host an overnight stay, or otherwise have arrangements that include feeding service users, you have to meet their nutritional and hydration needs. The regulation defines those needs to include suitable and nutritious food, prescribed nutrition where relevant, accommodation of religious or cultural requirements, and if necessary support to eat or drink.
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Targeted verbatim quotes (5)
“The nutritional and hydration needs of service users must be met.”
Reg 14(1) (the headline duty)
“receipt by a service user of suitable and nutritious food and hydration which is adequate to sustain life and good health,”
Reg 14(4)(a) (suitable + nutritious food)
“receipt by a service user of parenteral nutrition and dietary supplements when prescribed by a health care professional,”
Reg 14(4)(b) (parenteral nutrition + dietary supplements)
“the meeting of any reasonable requirements of a service user for food and hydration arising from the service user's preferences or their religious or cultural background,”
Reg 14(4)(c) (preferences / religious / cultural needs)
“if necessary, support for a service user to eat or drink.”
Reg 14(4)(d) (support to eat or drink)
What Verivius does for you
Nutrition records via Documents; failures via incidents
Not currently surfaced as a dedicated workflow. Menus, dietary plans, hydration charts and prescribed-nutrition records can be attached to a location or service-user record via the Documents register. Nutrition-related safety events (missed meals, choking, dehydration) are captured in the incidents register and may trigger Duty of Candour under Reg 20.