The figure represents an increase of 132,000 people diagnosed with diabetes over the last year. A further 850,000 people are thought to have undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes.
Supporting the report titled Twenty Years of Hospital Food Failure, BDA honorary chairman Helen Davidson, said: “Good food and appropriate nutrition must, at all times, be an absolute priority.
Referring to the developing horsemeat scandal, Malcolm Walker told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on television yesterday: “Supermarkets shouldn’t be blamed.
The Cost Sector Catering Awards are the pivotal point in the foodservice calendar because there's simply no other arena that offers operators in this sector the chance to be judged by their peers a
The company has also announced what managing director Simon Tupper called “a significant strengthening” of its senior management team.
The report, funded and published by Sodexo, lays out the theory and thinking about partnerships, including a clear, working definition, a practical step-by-step guide to forming successful partners
BDA honorary chairman Helen Davidson said it had been primarily written for those involved in food provision in care settings, particularly dietitians, dietetic support workers and caterers.
The caterer will be providing serving breakfast, lunch and dinner for 250 residents and 90 staff across the two homes, which formally linked up earlier this year.