NHS England will plan and promote webinars on applying a consistent process to reducing food waste. When following a soft food diet, it’s important to choose soft, easily digestible foods and avoid foods that are hard to chew or digest. Spicy and potentially irritating foods should likewise be avoided. AQUA / WATER, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE, COCAMIDE MEA, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, DIMETHICONE, CARBOMER, COCO-BETAINE, SALICYLIC ACID, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, MENTHOL, AMODIMETHICONE, GLYCERIN, PERSEA GRATISSIMA OIL / AVOCADO OIL, LINALOOL, TRIDECETH-10, BENZYL SALICYLATE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, COUMARIN, PEG-100 STEARATE, STEARETH-6, SODIUM HYALURONATE, LIMONENE, TRIDECETH-3, PHENOXYETHANOL, FUMARIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, TOCOPHEROL, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED OIL / SUNFLOWER SEED OIL, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF EXTRACT / ROSEMARY LEAF EXTRACT (F.I.L. Z70014596/1)

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Organisations must commit to stop procuring single use plastic items for their catering service. Organisations must commit to sustainable alternatives to plastic. Organisations must consider the level of input from a named food service dietitian to ensure choices are appropriate. For foamed concrete to work well, the bubbles have to be well distributed throughout the material, and they must remain stable so that they don’t collapse or combine into giant holes. The balanced scorecard combines the mandatory GBS requirements with optional best practice criteria (award criteria), created to assess contracts for public procurement. It ensures broader aspects of service are weighed against cost, giving suppliers an incentive to be better than the minimum and for procuring authorities to incorporate environmental and social considerations into their decision-making. Establish a structured learning framework, appropriate to your regional demographics and patient acuity, which is supported at board level to ensure all team members are appropriately trained. Appoint an authorised leader to oversee this and ensure best practice is observed and regularly monitored. StandardsThis is partly due to the physical differences in the matrices of butter and cheese. The protein structure of cheese protects the fat from being absorbed, which doesn’t happen with butter. The interaction of nutrients also plays a part in the dairy matrix. Cheese, which is richer in calcium than butter, reacts with fatty acids to form substances that are difficult for the body to absorb. Calcium, phosphorous and bile acids also combine in a way that can’t be absorbed, which results in the liver drawing cholesterol from the blood, which can reduce blood cholesterol levels. Over half of all food provided in NHS hospitals is served to staff and visitors, whose nutrition and hydration needs can be quite different from those of patients. The Independent review of NHS hospital food discusses hospitals’ role in becoming places where healthier food and drinks are standard, where people can look after their own health, staff are nourished and hydrated to deliver optimal and safe clinical care and visitors are encouraged to focus on prevention and reducing their own risk to dietary-related illness. Staff services Celebrate tasty and nutritious food and focus on recognising the chefs and food service teams who provide this. Organisations must have a designated board director responsible for food (nutrition and safety) and report on compliance with the healthcare food and drink standards at board level as a standing agenda item.

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What this means in practice:This standard provides a framework by which organisations can ensure healthier options are available to help staff and visitors meet dietary recommendations. In 2002 the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics published the National Dysphagia Diet (NDD), which includes several levels of dysphagia diets ( 3, 4): The annual NHS chef competition is a nationally recognised method of celebrating innovation and sharing regional and national menu perspectives. Exemplar trust meetings also provide a platform to collaborate on menu transition. Training What this means in practice: NHS organisations must be able to show they have suitable 24/7 service provision appropriate for their demographic.

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Menu design and planning, dietary coding and defined and executed policies are key to ensuring patient nutritional safety. It is important that all healthcare organisations see the intrinsic value in the view of ‘food as medicine’ and that it remains a standing item on the board agenda. Senior NHS leaders must be held accountable for the standard and quality of food served in their organisation, and patient and staff nutrition must be prioritised. Keep appliances handy. Blenders, strainers, and food processors can be used to create delicious, soft-diet-approved recipes.