Hospital Caterers Association
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Foodservice failing on hygiene, Guardian analysis suggests
An analysis by the Guardian has shown that more than 500 care providers in the UK, including 19 hospitals and other NHS facilities, have failed food hygiene and food safety inspections. Using data published by the Food Standards Agency the… Read More
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News in review: Hospital food battle. FDF boss attacks health lobby. Alcohol an economic benefit. Campylobacter on chickens – latest results. Bag tax benefits. Efra commences dairy price inquiry.
Hospital food review The Hospital Caterers Association has published a lengthy response to NHS England’s attack on junk food served to staff, visitors and patients. “Many of the areas… 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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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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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