HCA
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A healthier health service
NHS ENGLAND wants to kick junk food out of hospitals as part of a £5m plan to improve staff wellbeing. But lucrative contracts with the likes of Burger King could be a problem. A spoonful of sugar may help the… Read More
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‘NHS fuelling obesity’ Telegraph investigation reveals fast food outlets operating at hospitals
AN INVESTIGATION by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed that dozens of fast food restaurants, coffee bars and shops are selling discounted chocolate at hospitals, leading to accusations that the NHS itself fuelling the obesity epidemic in the UK. The Sunday Telegraph… Read More
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Footprint Comment: HCA chair talks sustainability and hospital food
YOU WILL have recently seen that NHS Scotland has announced a ‘Masterchef Cook-off’ for chefs across the NHS in Scotland. The Hospital Caterers Association welcomes this; we welcome anything which brings… Read More
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Foodservice industry is greener according to respondents of the Gram Green Paper
After a two-year wait, The Stage, quite literally was set at Hotelympia on Tuesday 29th May for the launch of the fourth Green Paper, commissioned by energy efficient refrigeration supplier, Gram. … Read More
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Hospital Caterers Association signs up to waste agreement
The Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) has signed up to the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement (HaFSA), committing to actively encourage its members to waste less food and associated packaging, as well as reuse and recycle more. … Read More
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Hospital food under the knife with chef, James Martin
TV CHEF and campaigner, James Martin, is once again taking up his tools and dissecting the issue of hospital food. Now in its third series, Operation Hospital Food (BBC 1), shows him on ‘a mission to transform the standards of… Read More
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HCA RESPONSE TO THE RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW PATIENT-LED HOSPITAL INSPECTION AUDITS
ON 21 SEPTEMBER, the Department of Health published the results of the first Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) for England 2013. This new system supersedes the former Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) audits which took place annually between… Read More
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New HCA chair announced
ANDY JONES has become chair of the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA). Jones was elected to the position at the association’s Annual General Meeting recently and has taken over from Janice Gillan. Jones has been an active member of… Read More
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Call for legally-binding hospital food standards
HOSPITAL CATERING standards have come under fire in a damning new report published today. The assessment, entitled “Twenty years of hospital food failure: Why we need mandatory standards, not more ineffective voluntary initiatives”, concluded that £54 million of taxpayers’… Read More