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Linda Hindle OBE is the Deputy Chief AHP Officer for England in the Department of Health and Social Care. Linda received a BDA Fellowship in 2025.

BDA member Rhia Kaur Saggu recently received an Advancing Healthcare Award for a project developing the allied health profession (AHP) and healthcare science workforce.

Nearly 100 people attended the 2025 BDA Awards and Honours ceremony earlier today at Birmingham’s prestigious Council House. The event brought together the great and the good and was the perfect setting for an afternoon of celebrating members of the dietetic profession and networking.

Caroline Bovey has been bestowed a BDA Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding and sustained personal commitment as Chair of the BDA, former Chair of Bwrdd Cymru and the BDA Wales Employment Relations Committee.

Michelle received the Edith Elliot Honour in recognition of her significant and sustained personal commitment and contribution to the profession locally and in Scotland. 

Tanya Rumney received an Ibex in 2025 in recognition of her work to tirelessly grow the profession and provide new opportunities for dietitians.

Miranda Lomer has received the Professional Achievement honour in recognition of outstanding personal commitment and exceptional contributions in the field of gastroenterology dietetics.

The BDA Awards and Honours for 2023/24 were presented to the most deserving members of the dietetic workforce at Birmingham’s prestigious Council House this week. The event brought together the great and the good and was the perfect setting for an afternoon of celebrating and networking.

Professor Simon Langley-Evans has received the 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 Kidney Dietitians Specialist Group (formerly Renal Nutrition Specialist Group) and achievements in the field of Chronic Kidney Disease.

Nicki Ruddock received an Ibex in 2024 in recognition of her personal commitment and significant contribution as a member of the BDA Kidney Dietitians Specialist Group (formerly 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).

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.

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

Joseph Cox, Dietitian at Powys Teaching Health Board got a chance of a lifetime this July, meeting HM Queen Camilla and even getting to talk to her about dietetics!

Simon Fevre is Trade Union Chair and Clinical Lead Dietitian for the Older Peoples Services at Fife Health and Social Care Partnership. Simon was awarded a BDA Fellowship in 2023. We asked him about his work and what this honour means to him.

On 4 July we brought together nearly 100 people from the UK dietetic industry to celebrate those individuals and groups that have gone above and beyond to support patients as well as the wider profession. 

Gary Frost is Professor of Nutrition and Dietetic at Imperial College London and recipient of the inaugural Professional Achievement honour, given in recognition of outstanding personal commitment and exceptional contributions to the profession of dietetics.

Join the campaign to get Elsie Widdowson a blue plaque in Dulwich, where she grew up.

Congratulations to our Northern Ireland members who won Advancing Healthcare Awards at this year's ceremony.