Premier found that only 46% of patients, 46% of visitors and 43% of employees have positive views of hospital food.
McKenzie succeeds Phil Shelley who has been national chair of the organisation since April 2015.
Industry leaders are being invited to attend the first meeting, which will be held at the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) forum in Belfast from April 6th-7th.
The report criticises ‘a subset of hospitals that perform poorly in almost every measure’, notes that most do so in some areas, and puts much of the blame on the lack of legal standards for hospita
As part of a ten year partnership, an investment of £550,000 will be used to extend the main hospital building.
HCA chair Phil Shelley, and Food for Life director James Cashmore, signed the agreement as part of the HCA’s commitment to working with other trade organisations.
The fresh meals and good food served at the hospital’s Ingleton Fall Restaurant and Café Qualita coffee shop upgraded the award to Silver, having been accredited Bronze last year.
This introduction of this support follows on from the roll out of the company’s Dignified Dining toolkit last year with the Alzheimer’s Society, which aimed to provide patients with tailored nutrit
The research of 2,000 people aged between 30 and 71 with elderly parents, conducted by apetito and OnePoll, discovered 79% said their parents had not discussed malnutrition with their GP.
The recently appointed Welsh Chair said that although great strides have been made in care catering, events like Nutrition and Hydration Week (13th-19th) help highlight that more needs to be done t