BDA News
6th September 2011
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British Dietetic Association Join NHS Vigil
To show its support of the NHS, the trade union arm of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) will be attending this week’s vigil at the House of Commons on 7 September 2011.
The vigil is taking place as the Government’s Health & Social Care Bill received its third reading in the commons (6/7 September 2011).
Speaking about this, Chief Executive of the BDA, Andy Burman, commented:
“The NHS in this country is the envy of the world.
“For 63 years the NHS has served this country well and has not discriminated against those with money or those without.
“Any changes with the current system must, at all costs, maintain the spirit and aspiration in which the NHS was set up.
“From our point of view, Dieitians play a massive role in the NHS and these service levels to the public must be protected.”
The BDA will be represented at the event by Debbie O’Rourke, Head of Employment Relations.
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Notes to the Editor:
- The British Dietetic Association, founded in 1936, is the professional association for registered dietitians in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is the nation’s largest organisation of food and nutrition professionals with over 6,000 members.
- Registered dietitians are the only qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems at an individual and wider public health level. Uniquely, dietitians use the most up to date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease, which they translate into practical guidance to enable people to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices.
- Dietitians are the only nutrition professionals to be statutorily regulated, and governed by an ethical code, to ensure that they always work to the highest standard. Dietitians work in the NHS, private practice, industry, education, research, sport, media, public relations, publishing, Non Government Organisations and government. Their advice influences food and health policy across the spectrum from government, local communities and individuals.
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