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L: Public Sector Catering Expo 2023
L: NACC Training & Development Forum 2023 programme confirmed
L: Embracing transformation a world of opportunity
L: HCA Awards 2023
L: HCA Chair Brian Robb on tackling the recruitment and retention 'nightmare'
L: Scotland edges the NHS 4 Nations Chef Challenge
L: John Whitehouse wins 26th Outstanding Contribution award at FEA conference and Inaugural Chairman’s Award recipients 2022
L: Chairman welcomes the new NHS England National Standards of Hospital Food and Drink
L: BBC Radio 4 – The Food Programme
L: The Hospital Food Review - HCA Response
L: HCA Forum 2020 – Latest news
L: NHS Bids To Cut Up To 100 Million Plastic Straws, Cups And Cutlery From Hospitals
L: Public to have their say on the food system of the future
P: The members of the HCA have approved the adoption of Company Byelaws
P: At the forefront of texture-modified food: apetito launches innovative IDDSI Level 4 dishes
P: Update on the joint meeting of the HCA and NACC with Lord Kamall
P: HCA joins forces with NACC to meet with Lord Kamall, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Department of Health and Social Care
P: HCA The Future of Retail in Healthcare Webinar – November 2021
P: HCA Development Webinar update
P: Hospital Caterers Association launch new webinar programme
P: HCA partners Health Associations in establishing a National Estates & Facilities Day
P: NHS Interview with Kevan Wallace - Getting Ready for Natasha's Law
P: HCA becomes a Limited Company
T: Ambrosia ready-to-eat Porridge pots: the convenient breakfast choice for hospitals
T: Create joyful patient, staff, and visitor mealtimes
T: Wrapmaster® Transforming Hospital Catering
T: NHS Foodservice is on the cusp of change – are you?
T: Foodcare – Supporting Healthcare
T: NHS Supply Chain: Food Contract retention announced
T: Case Studies from Pelican Procurement Services
T: Get a taste of Rational
T: The RATIONAL sous-vide and pasteurisation kit
T: Co-op Retail on Demand
T: Middleton Foods Expands UK Foodservice Team
T: New National Account Manager for Falcon Foodservice Equipment
T: Corporate membership at last!
T: Natasha’s Law in health and care settings
T: apetito Appoints Established Pastry Chef to Develop Desserts
T: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust reaping the benefits of Procurement support in an upside-down world
T: World-First launch with Finger Food Bites from apetito
P: British Frozen Food Federation supports vital Food Waste Action Week
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Healthcare Food and Beverage Service Standards – A Good Practice Guide to Ward Level Service
Retail and Commercial Service Standards – An operational guide to services
All Wales Nutrition and Catering Standards for Food and Fluid Provision for Hospital Inpatients
Care Quality Commission (CQC) – Essential Standards of Quality and Safety
Council of Europe Resolution Food and Nutritional Care in Hospitals (10 key characteristics)
Food in Hospitals – National Catering and Nutrition Specification for Food and Fluid Provision in Hospitals in Scotland
Hospital Food and Drink Strategy (DoH) – Food and Drink in NHS Hospitals – England
International Dysphagia Diet Standards
Nursing Care Standards for Patient Food in Hospital – Northern Ireland
Standards for food, fluid and nutritional care – Scotland
The Nutrition and Hydration Digest, 2nd Edition
Allergen Toolkit for Healthcare Catering
Care Solutions Guide
Commissioning Excellent Nutrition and Hydration 2015–2018
Listeriosis Information for Hospital Caterers During Covid-19 Pandemic
Dementia assessment and improvement framework
Dysphagia Diet Food Texture Descriptors
HCA Guide to Crohn’s Disease and Menu Idea
HCA Sample Protected Mealtimes Policy
Hospital Catering Solutions Guide
James Martin – Hospital Blueprint
Nutrition Toolkit for Healthcare Catering – Allergen Labelling
Preventing Waste in the Healthcare sector
Menu planning for preventing food waste
Simply Puree IDDSI Challenge
Better Hospital Food Plan (2000)
Compliance with hospital food standards in the NHS
Food Standards & Strategy Inaugural Meeting Notes
HCA Strategy
Investigation into an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections associated with hospital-provided pre-prepared sandwiches, UK May to July 2019
The Hospital Food Standards Panel’s report on standards for food and drink in NHS hospitals
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