News and press releases

Professor Simon Langley-Evans has received the first ever Honorary Associate honour, in recognition of his outstanding personal commitment to education, research and publishing in nutrition and dietetics.

Dr Barbara Engel has received a Fellowship, in recognition of her outstanding personal commitment as Chair, Vice-chair and Post Registration lead of the BDA Renal Nutrition Specialist Group (RNG) and achievements in the field of Chronic Kidney Disease.

Ongoing supply issues of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT – under the product brands: Creon®, Nutrizym® and Pancrex®) mean some people are at risk of running out in the short-term or experiencing difficulties or delays in accessing their prescriptions.

Nicki Ruddock is an advanced Clinical Practitioner in nephrology at the University Hospitals of Leicester. Nicki received an Ibex in 2024 in recognition of her personal commitment and significant contribution as a member of the BDA Renal Nutrition Specialist Group, and achievements in the field of renal dietetics.

Lisa Cooke is the Head of Paediatric Dietetics, Nutrition and SaLT at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust (UHBW).

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.

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 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.

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.

Proper investment in NHS staff is essential for both the UK’s economic success and if there's to be any hope of filling record staff vacancies, health unions say.

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.

This unnecessary proposal is totally unacceptable to the BDA and the other Agenda for Change unions.

New research has revealed the impacts of energy drinks are more significant and broader than previously understood - in particular negative outcomes for children’s mental health in addition to physical health. 

In a recent House of Lords discussion, Lord McColl sparked controversy by suggesting that individuals living with obesity, should ‘eat less and do with one fewer meal a day’ in order to save the NHS £50billion a year.

Members of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), working in Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) join thousands of other workers in unprecedented strike action today.

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.

Members of the British Dietetic Association (BDA), working in Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) will join thousands of other workers in unprecedented strike action on Thursday, as a last resort for not receiving the pay award they are rightly owed.

A new practice-based learning programme (PBL) that introduces students to a hospital setting early on in their degrees has received the prestigious Dame Barbara Clayton Award from the BDA General and Education Trust.

Dietitians ask the public to seriously question who they are getting their dietary advice from this January, to avoid potentially dangerous diets that have medical implications and may lead to disordered eating.

As Professor Simon Langley-Evans says a fond farewell as Editor, we extend a huge thank you from everyone at the BDA and chat to him about the Journal’s successes, important milestones and why it’s so vital.