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‘100 Metres of Success’ - Toolkit Booklet - HCA Conference 2012
We asked you to ‘Accept the Challenge’.
You did. And this is the result.
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Photographs from the HCA Conference are now available for viewing, purchase and download: www.armphotography.co.uk/conf124
Here you are able to browse proofs for photographs taken during the Conference, Exhibition and Dinners and then select your favourites to order as high quality prints, CD image or email download. -
Hospital chefs strike treble gold at Salon Culinaire 2012!
Two chefs from Lifespan Catering, Anglia Support Partnership, Cambridge have taken the top Award in the Hospital Chefs Team Class of the 2012 Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres. More...
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More Still Needs To Be Done
More still needs to be done to improve nutritional care for hospital patients, says Auditor General for Wales
Hospital catering services in Wales have improved and many patients are satisfied with the food they receive but more needs to be done to make sure patients get the nutritional care they need. More... -
Great offers and new products for front of house through NHS Supply Chain
Also, find out about our enhanced range of hot beverages with savings of up to 30% on some patient drinks lines. Download now
The latest issue of the NHS Supply Chain Catering Bulletin is now available to download. This issue contains loads of offers and new products from juice drinks and pasties to sandwiches and on the go meals. -
Care Quality Commission, Dignity and nutrition inspection programme, National overview
Download a copy of the Care Quality Commissions’s Dignity and nutrition inspection programme - National overview following the planned and delivered series of 100 unannounced inspections of acute hospitals in England between March & June 2011. -
Dysphagia Diet Food Texture Descriptors
Download a copy of the Dysphagia Diet Food Descriptors which have been endorsed by all the relevant groups of the working party are now available and are recommended to be adopted for use by all to reduce the incidents of confusion. -
HCA Training and Development Bursary 2012
Download information and an application form for the 2012 HCA Training and Development Bursary.
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Healthcare Caterers International Newsletter
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HCA Strategy Document 2012-2014
The Hospital Caterers Association has developed a strategic direction for the short and medium term which can only succeed with all the members support. More...
Better Hospital Food
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Nutrition fact sheets
The series of 10 fact sheets on Key Characteristics for Good Nutritional Care in Hospitals can now be downloaded from the Nutrition page of the Better Hospital Food section of this website. They can also be downloaded from the NPSA website.
Press Releases
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HCA 2012 Conference Highlights The Future Emphasis on Nutrition and Hydration for Effective Patient Wellbeing and Clinical Care
The 2012 Annual National Conference of the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) which this year was entitled “Accept The Challenge – Feed The Future”, took place at Wokefield Park Hotel, Reading between 26 – 27 April. This year’s event also welcomed the appointment of Fionnuala Cook OBE as the HCA’s new President who was formally elected at the Association’s Annual General Meeting held at the end of the Conference. More...
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Hospital Caterers Association Elects New President
Fionnuala Cook OBE was elected as the new President of the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting held at the end of April. She takes over the President role formerly held by Baroness Rennie Fritchie DBE. More...
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Hospital Caterers Need YOUR Vote To Win Prestigious Foodservice Award!
A couple of hospitals have been nominated for their catering in the Footprint Awards 2012 and need support to win the ‘Community Vote’ category – a prestigious Award from the UK foodservice industry’s only awards scheme to be accredited by the ‘Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’ (RSA) Environment Forum; and exclusively dedicated to rewarding contributions to sustainability and environmental excellence. More...
