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Debbie McGugan is the new Chair of the BDA’s Northern Ireland Board. We wanted to congratulate Debbie and find out more about her and her plans for the role.

Nutricia has been a BDA corporate member since 2011. BDA corporate members are organisations that strategically work with the BDA and recognise the importance of supporting the dietetic profession.

Promoting Effective Medicines Administration Practice (PEMAP) is a new national recommended education programme which aims to support HCSWs involved in medicines administration.

It's AHP Support Workers Awareness Week 2023. We, along with a coalition of 13 other AHP professional bodies, want to further celebrate and recognise our support staff.

A healthy eating resource has been developed to highlight new evidence and a more age-appropriate message around food and nutrition for older adults.

This survey, which has been organised by King's College London, seeks to find out about NHS clinical support workers' experience of work, their career aspirations and what might be done to improve the recruitment, management, training and development of this important part of the NHS workforce.

The BDA supports the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) call for urgent Governmental intervention in the wake of a report showing Meals on Wheels services on the brink of collapse.

The BDA Trade Union is concerned at the current situation affecting the people of Gaza and Israel and would like to share with you a statement made by the TUC General Council yesterday.

The union movement recognises that its strength lies in diversity and solidarity.

At the BDA’s AGM in September, we were excited to announce Susan Price as the BDA’s Chair Designate, a critical role that will lead, develop and challenge the association in the coming years.

Science was notably missing from Rishi Sunak’s recent proposal for a post 16 education shake up. Maths and English were considered high priority subjects but we argue that science is just as vital a skill.

As the third-largest clinical workforce within health and care, AHPs play a pivotal role in supporting the NHS Long-Term Plan. AHPs' Day is an annual occasion for AHPs in England and now internationally to unite and revel in their contribution.

Our new membership system will allow you to have greater choice and control over your membership, with everything you need in one place.

NHS England (NHSE) has made changes to the Roadmap process for First Contact Dietitians (FCDs) working in Primary Care. Letters relating to the updates have now been sent out to those affected.

We are excited to be introducing a new membership system. This new system will go live on 3 October 2023 bringing increased efficiencies and value to your membership.

With food prices on the rise and 74% of households citing food costs as a cause for concern within their household budget it has never been more important to make the most of the food we are buying. In addition to costs, the environmental impact of throwing away food is also huge.

The third edition of the British Dietetic Association’s Nutrition and Hydration Digest highlights the need for environmental sustainability and new protein targets for nutritionally vulnerable patients.

We’ve worked with the NHSE national AHP support workforce programme team, as well as a number of other organisations to develop the level 3 senior health care support worker apprenticeship programme (for therapies) and level 5 assistant practitioner apprenticeship programme, which is specific to dietetics.

The BDA is a finalist at this year’s Memcom Excellence Awards and the Association Excellence Awards, in no less than four categories!

Bruno Mafrici is a renal dietitian who has held the Renal Nutrition Specialist Group Chair role for the last five years, as well as being one of the authors and editors of the Pocket Guide to Clinic Nutrition, within the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Specialist Group (PENG). Bruno received an Ibex in 2023.