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The long-awaited consultation to update England’s school food standards is here. Find out more and have your say!

Dietitians see the consequences of child poverty every day - in hunger, malnutrition, poor growth and widening health inequalities. As the Government publishes its Child Poverty Strategy, the BDA is setting out the work we’re doing to confront these challenges and what must happen next.

The BDA welcomes Lord Darzi's thorough report on the state of the NHS in England, commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting.

The SNP administration's Programme for Government said funding will be targeted at expanding free school meals only to P6 and P7 (10-12 year old) pupils whose families are in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment.

A coalition of health experts and medical bodies are calling on the Government to follow the example of Free School Meals for All provision across London primary schools, by implementing it nationwide.