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Before sending your query, please take a moment to look over the below FAQ as your question may be answered there.

Dietetic Careers

  • For questions about training to be a Dietitian please click here
  • For questions about registering as a Dietitian in the UK, including the international application route, please click here
  • For more information about Dietetic careers please click here
  • For questions about Dietetic Degree Apprenticeships please click here
  • For questions about Support Workforce Apprenticeships please click here
  • For questions about returning to practice, click here

Membership

Email: [email protected]

The advanced capabilities of our new membership system mean that many processes which were previously handled via email can now be managed through the BDA website. If you have any queries regarding the following areas of your membership, please visit the MyBDA area on our website:

  • Updating your details (e.g. change of address/employer/name/email/contact number)
  • Upgrading your membership due to a change in circumstance (e.g. retirement, parental leave, break from work)
  • Joining or leaving specialist groups
  • Changing your payment method (e.g. updating your direct debit details)

If you’re not yet a member but would like to find out more about joining the BDA membership community, please click here.

  • For questions about membership fees please click here
  • For questions about Specialist groups and branches please click here
  • For volunteering opportunities please click here
  • To submit an article to Dietetics today please email [email protected]

If you are unable to find an answer for your query above or in the Membership section of our website, please email [email protected]

Professional Practice (including insurance)

  • For questions about Practice Supervision Guidelines please click here
  • For questions about returning to practice, click here
  • For information on Safe Staffing, click here
  • For information on the BDA Professional Indemnity insurance cover please click here.
  • For your Evidence of Insurance certificate please complete either of the following two steps:
    1. Option 1:
      • Log into your My BDA account
      • Click on MyBDA
      • On the home screen of your profile, you will see an option to ‘Access your professional indemnity insurance certificate’*. If you click on this button, you will be able to download your certificate.
    1. Option 2:
      • Alternatively, if you are logged into your My BDA account, you can access your certificate via the BDA Insurance homepage.
      • If you go to the above webpage, you will see an option at the top of the page to ‘Access your professional indemnity insurance certificate’*. If you click on this button, you will be able to download your certificate.
  • Please note: if you are unable to access the insurance certificate, please first check that you are in a qualifying category and that your address details, including country, are up to date. For ongoing issues accessing the certificate please email mailto:[email protected].

  • If you are undertaking an extended, novel, advanced, invasive, surgical, or high risk role/activity and would like to know if this is covered under the BDA insurance scheme please complete and submit this form.
  • For information about the BDA insurance and working internationally, please click here.
  • If you are unable find an answer to your query above, please email mailto:[email protected].

If you are unable to find an answer for your query above or in the Practice & Education section of our website, please email [email protected]. For Insurance queries please email [email protected]

CPD and Lifelong Learning

 

  • For general queries relating to CPD activities click here.
  • To see a full list of BDA CPD Approved learning activities click here.
  • For BDA course details please click here
  • To see a full list of confirmed BDA classroom course dates, click here
  • For questions about the BDA Learning zone click here
  • For questions about e-learning please click here
  • If you’re interested in undertaking the training to become a BDA Work Ready dietitian click here or get in touch with the team at  [email protected].

If you are unable to find an answer for your query above or in the Courses section of our website, please email [email protected]

Events and Courses

  • For upcoming CPD activities (courses, study days and webinars and more), view a full list of confirmed dates here.
  • For the PENG Clinical Update course, please click here
  • For the Paediatric Module courses, please click here
  • If your query is regarding an event or course being held in the next week, please call into the office on 0121 200 8080 and select option 3 for BDA Events.

Shop

Find out more about our delivery times and charges here.

If you are unable to find an answer for your query above please email [email protected]

Research and Evidence Based Practice

  • If you are BDA member and would like to request us to share your research with other BDA members, please click here.
  • If you wish to seek a research mentor please click here.
  • If you would like further guidance on Practice Based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) please click here.

SENR

  • My SENR Registration: Check if your SENR registration and BDA membership are up to date by looking at the live online register here. If you do not appear on the listing, the SENR administrator can advise further at [email protected].
  • SENR Certificates: We no longer issue SENR certificates; the live online register has replaced this.
  • Paying your BDA Membership: The SENR administrator needs to check your SENR registration status before your BDA membership payment is made. The best way to pay your BDA membership fee is by direct debit, either as a single payment or in monthly instalments. To add or update your direct debit details, here.
  • Find out more about applying for graduate registration here
  • View the current BDA membership fees for SENR registrants here.
  • Find out more about applying for practitioner registration here
  • Find out more about applying for Academic Associate registration here
  • Find out more about applying for Practitioner Re-Registration here

If you are unable to find an answer for your query above or in the SENR section of our website, please email [email protected] or complete the SENR contact form here

Trade Union

If you have a new issue, please contact your local TU representative in your department or trust first. If you do not have a rep, contact us at 0121 200 8080 or [email protected].

For legal questions please contact the BDA Lega advice line

BDA Legal Advice Line:
Open 8am – 7pm, Monday to Friday
Advice Line: 0800 668 1922

Typical issues we can help with include:

  • Benefits
  • Care Home
  • Consumer Disputes
  • Financial Issues
  • Holiday Problems
  • Immigration
  • Insurance
  • Landlord and Tenant
  • Medical Negligence
  • Motoring Offences
  • Neighbour Disputes
  • Property Issues

If you are unable to find an answer for your query above or in the Union section of our website, please email [email protected]

 

If your query was not aswered above, you can contact the BDA via:

Address

British Dietetic Association
3rd Floor Interchange Place
151-165 Edmund Street
Birmingham
B3 2TA
United Kingdom

Email

If your query is not listed above, please email us at [email protected].

Telephone

If you are a BDA member and your query is not listed above, please call us at 0121 200 8080.

Press enquiries

Journalists, reporters and other members of the press can get help with stories from our expert media spokespeople by getting in touch with our Media Centre.