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Sick of bad hospital food? 5 steps you can take

by Medact Staff | Oct 5, 2017 | Actions, Blog, Climate & Environment

Medact’s work to improve hospital food follows from our new report, “Digesting The Indigestible”. But if you want to take more direct action, there is also our Campaign Toolkit, with plenty of ideas, inspiration and actions you can take to campaign for better hospital...

Hospital Food Case Study – North Bristol NHS

by Guest Author | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Environment

North Bristol NHS is the largest hospital trust in the South West serving nearly a million people from Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. It also has a wider catchment area of around 3 million people who come from further afield to use their specialist...

Hospital Food Case Study – Nottingham University Hospitals

by Medact | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Environment

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH)’s 90 wards and 1,700 beds provide health services to 2.5 million people in the city of Nottingham, as well as specialist services for an additional 3-4 million further afield. They are also one of the largest employers in the...

How to improve food at your hospital – useful links

by Medact | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Environment

If you want to get involved with campaigning for healthier and more sustainable food in your hospital, or in your community in general, you are not alone.

Digesting the Indigestible

by Medact Staff | Sep 19, 2017 | Headlines, Reports

Unravelling hospital food policy and practices, and finding the way towards healthier, tastier and more sustainable hospital food

Taking the Pulse of Hospital Food

by Elizabeth Atherton | Mar 23, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Climate & Environment

Happy NHS Sustainability Day!  A national day of action across the health sector to highlight the important role of sustainability in health service delivery. Hospital environments that promote food which is both healthy and sustainable are absolutely key to the...

How do UK dietary guidelines compare for sustainability?

by Josephine Head | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog, Headlines, Climate & Environment

UK dietary guidelines are designed to promote healthy eating by providing accessible advice to the public. But what we eat doesn’t only impact on our individual health, it also has much larger impacts on the health of our planet – upon which human health is...

Milja Fenger & Samuel Lee-Gammage – “Planet on a plate: Interconnected impacts of our global food system”

by Medact Events | Jan 31, 2017 | Talks, Climate & Environment

From Session A1 – “Global Food System Challenges”

Less meat, more veg

by Sue Dibb | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Environment

New analysis identifies the huge gap between a healthy & sustainable diet and what we’re actually eating

Adam Payne – “Feeding the 9 Billion”

by Medact Events | Jan 4, 2017 | Talks, Climate & Environment

Slides available to download

John Ingram – “Sustainable Food Security: Complexities, Challenges and Solutions”

by Medact Events | Dec 9, 2016 | Talks, Climate & Environment

Slides available to download

Edward Joy – “Sustainable and Healthy Diets in India”

by Medact Events | Dec 9, 2016 | Talks, Climate & Environment

Slides available to download

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