As part of our continued commitment to provide excellent membership value, we are delighted to be launching the new Advanced Practice Specialist Group and Prescribers Specialist Sub-Group.
BDA Director of BDA Trade Union and Public Affairs Annette Mansell-Green shares what International Women’s Day means to her and fellow women trade unionists from across the movement.
Members working in Health and Social Care Northern Ireland are now being consulted on the latest pay offer made by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The BDA welcomes the recent intervention in the House of Lords by Lord Bradley, who has been advocating for the government to extend independent prescribing rights to Allied Health Professionals.
The BDA welcomes the recent stance taken by Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, at The Times newspaper’s Health Commission Summit, where he proposed measures to address the growing number of people living with obesity.
This Student Volunteering Week, Student Rep Kyle Kennedy tells us the three reasons why he volunteers for the BDA.
The plan addresses critical issues such as cutting paediatric waiting times, reducing obesity, introducing breakfast clubs for all primary school children and banning junk food advertising aimed at children, all of which align with our core policy objectives.
The level 3 senior health care support worker apprenticeship programme (for therapies) and level 5 assistant practitioner apprenticeship programme in dietetics are now approved for delivery.
This unnecessary proposal is totally unacceptable to the BDA and the other Agenda for Change unions.
Dr Claudine Matthews explores the opportunities and challenges underpinning the nutritional management landscape in sickle cell disease through a political lens.
This resource explains how we can maintain and improve muscle mass as we age.
Freelance dietitian Jo Cunningham explains why optimising gut health should be on the agenda for every dietitian seeing clients.
Polly Neve looks at the difference between choice and compulsion in the pursuit of healthy eating.
As we approach the new year, many clients may be looking to make a plant-based diet one of their resolutions. Tiluka Bhanderi looks at how you can help them maintain a healthy approach.
Briony Caffrey introduces a new course developed by the BDA Mental Health Specialist Group which aims to provide practitioners working with people who might lack capacity and have dietetic needs with essential knowledge on the Mental Capacity Act.
Alastair Duncan – the co-chair of the BDA HIV Care Specialist Group – is the UK’s first Consultant Dietitian working in HIV. He tells us how he progressed to the role.
Alice Pugliese introduces an updated competency framework from the BDA HIV Care Specialist Group during its 30th anniversary year.
Chloe Hall discusses the challenges faced by those with histamine intolerance and how we can help to support our patients.
Using an anonymised case study, Dr Stephanie Fade explains how dietitians can contribute to the care of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.