NHS

  • Trust and Sodexo win NHS sustainability award

    SODEXO IN partnership with its client, Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, has won the Waste Management Award at the NHS Sustainability Awards.                     The Trust and Sodexo teams received the award at…

  • Future’s bright for sustainable eating

    SUSTAINABLE DIETS and the notion that meat consumption should be reduced are controversial topics, so Footprint asked former, newly knighted, NFU president and current chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Sir Peter Kendall his thoughts.        …

  • Study reveals support for local sourcing by Scotland’s public sector and NHS.

    A NEW independent project has revealed there is strong support from Scotland’s public sector and NHS Scotland to source fresh produce locally.                             The “Sustainable Food and…

  • Costa care

    THE DEPARTMENT of Health met the government buying standards for 44% of the food it bought last year.                   This doesn’t include hospitals, though they have been encouraged to follow the standards.…

  • ‘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…

  • 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…

  • HRH The Prince of Wales celebrates landmark moment for hospital food

    HRH THE Prince of Wales today hosted a reception, which celebrated improvements in hospital food in England.   Providing good, nutritious hospital food for patients has been highlighted in newly-published key guidance (known as CQUINs) for NHS commissioners and hospitals…

  • Government spending more on nutritional supplements for patients than on hospital meals

    THE CAMPAIGN for Better Hospital Food today published new figures showing that the government spends more on nutritional supplements for hospital patients than on food served to them during their stay. In 2012 the NHS spent more than £300 million…

  • Government must look at sustainable diets

    THE GOVERNMENT must use its buying standards to communicate and evolve the concept of sustainable diets. This includes the consumption of less meat, an idea that is currently “not necessarily on politicians’ radars” given that they are fearful of telling…

  • Doctors back soda tax

    DOCTORS BELIEVE that a tax on sugary drinks will help to tackle the obesity crisis. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges also calls for better standards of hospital food   In an extensive report, published today February 18th, the Academy of…