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NL 11 Summer2005
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The Welsh Food Alliance, alongside the Caroline Walker Trust, and the Soil Association are recognised as having long campaigned to restore statutory minimum standards of nutrition in the provision of school food in a debate initiated by David Taylor MP (23 May 2005). See the WFA web site. |
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Obesity Health Select Committee Inquiry |
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NL 11 Summer2005
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Welsh Food Alliance evidence submitted in June 2003 was published by the House of Commons Health Select Committee in 2004. They were particularly interested in WFA research, which revealed that English private schools spend twice as much as the state sector on food ingredients for school lunch. They did not comment on concerns if free meal cash allowances, which local authorities allow pupils to spend, were being wasted on individual products high in salt, sugar and fat. |
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NL 11 Summer2005
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“Two thirds of acute hospital beds are occupied by people over 65. Hospitals need to ensure their services focus on the particular needs of older people. Recent NHS research found that 40% of people arriving in hospital were malnourished, and of those 70% became further malnourished during their stay in hospital. English trials, by a US led Evercare programme, in 2004 suggested 3% of the over 65's in the areas covered by the trials accounted for over 35% of hospital admissions for that age group “ (see Vol. 3 issue 3, 2004).
No reference is made to a real need to tackle malnutrition and its impact on clinical status of inpatients or older people discharged from hospital. (See the Assembly vision ‘Designed for Life: Creating world class Health and Social Care in the 21st Century’ May 2005). The key issue is defining Wales wide standards, otherwise a post code lottery occurs between NHS Trusts. |
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News Items: NHS Catering England |
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NL 11 Summer2005
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"More than 17 million meals are being thrown away in England’s hospitals every year – an increase of almost 50% over the past three years. … Officials admit… there remains a real need to tackle under nourishment and its impact on clinical status" (Times, 3 June 2005). |
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News Items: Food and Well Being Strategy |
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NL 11 Summer2005
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The Food Standards Agency / Assembly Nutrition Strategy was launched by the Health and Social Services Minister in early 2003. With recent developments is it time to take stock, and add further targets and milestones emanating from all parts of the Assembly Government, especially in terms of sustainable agriculture, older people, children and young people? |
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