28th November 2024
AGM and Sustainable by Default in Dietetics Post Workshop Q&A
The BDA Sustainable Diets Specialist Group held this webinar to reflect on their event "Sustainable by Default in Dietetics - a roadmap for change: Reaching Net Zero together" which is on Thursday 21st November 2024. This webinar was an opportunity to ask questions, and join in the conversation if you were unable to join us on the day. The webinar also included our Annual General Meeting (AGM), where we will present all the work that the Sustainable Diets Specialist Group has been working on.
Watch the recording here:
2024 AGM- Sustainable Diets Specialist Group Minutes
21st November 2024
Sustainable by Default in Dietetics - a roadmap for change: Reaching Net Zero together
at Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, West Hill, Putney, London SW15 3SW
On the 21st of November 2024 the BDA Sustainable Diets Group organised the first in a series of open collaborative workshops and networking events to discuss how sustainability is implemented into Dietetic practice and how Dietitians contribute to net zero. This first workshop focused on key areas for guidance where we will delve into and explore the first focus area, plant-based by default. Further workshops will explore all other areas identified in this workshop. This meeting provided the opportunity to meet, exchange and network with colleague’s active as well as those not yet implementing but interested in this new roadmap on this important area of dietetic practice.
What did we want to achieve?
- Agree key focus areas for developing guidance on implementing sustainability in dietetic practice
- Explore the evidence plus the barriers and enablers for adopting plant based by default including healthcare in the UK (for staff and patients)
- Agree key actions for creating guidance on adopting plant-based by default including healthcare in the UK (for staff and patients)
The Workshop Structure
Consensus on the problem we are attempting to solve
- The landscape that we are in
- What are the priority areas for dietetics?
- Why a focus on plant based by default first?
- What is the evidence?
- What are the barriers and enablers?
- What are the priority areas for creating guidance?
- Agree specific objectives and outcomes
- Views from key stakeholders
Determining the most effective solutions
- Case studies and external perspectives
- Critical success factors
- Barriers to change
Action planning
- Key projects and tasks
- Resource capacity and requirements
Event speakers and panellists included:
- Liz Stockley, CEO BDA
- Adrian Byrne – Director, Real Zero
- Professor Hugh Montgomery, Chair of Intensive Care Medicine (Honorary Consultant), University College London, Experimental & Translational Medicine, Co-Founder "Real Zero"
- Dr Shireen Kassam, Consultant Haematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College Hospital, London with a specialist interest in the treatment of lymphoma (Food and Health)
- Angeline Taylor, RD, Renal Dietitian at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust (Plant-based nutrition)
- Kamila Kik Regional Sustainability & Environmental Manager at Sodexo Health & Care UK & I and Sodexo HC Dietitian
- Michael Metoudi, RD, Dietitian and Research Scientist and Dr Victoria Bonn
- Heidi Fritz, RD, Greener by Default
- Emma Craig, RD, Clinical lead dietitian at Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability London
- Soraya Pineda, RD, Weight Management
- Rosie Martin, RD
- Michelle Nolan, James Collins, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
- Tanya Haffner, RD, Chair of the BDA Sustainable Diets Group
Background
Across all sectors including healthcare and business, Dietitians are being called upon to integrate sustainability at speed. Following the Environment Act 2021 and the Health and Care Act 2022, legislation has set net zero goals for the NHS, the first healthcare system to have sustainability embedded. ‘Delivering a Net Zero NHS’ highlights the goal to be net zero by 2035, with procurement to be net zero by 2040. Businesses and organisations where dietitians work have also set their own environmental, social and governance targets which includes action by their dietetic, nutrition and food service teams.
And the newly published Allied Health Professions (AHP) curriculum guide for environmental sustainability sets out sustainable healthcare guidance within UK pre-registration curricula for allied health professions. Wherever Dietitians work, sustainability is now on the work agenda.
Knowledge of sustainability and healthy sustainable diets is an important competency for all dietitians and nutritionists and this competency has been built into the dietetic educational curricula whicj is increasingly being built into job roles in line with organisational climate and ecological targets.
The British Dietetic Association published its dynamic ground breaking One Blue Dot© report in 2018 on healthy sustainable diets but to date there has been little official guidance about how to incorporate into sustainability into different specialities and areas of practice.
Various individuals, hospital and community departments, trusts and other organisations including the food industry are incorporating sustainability where we have been called upon for formal practical guidance for incorporating sustainability into practice including in the clinical, public health and private sectors.
The aim of this workshop was to bring together Dietitians in different areas of practice to share knowledge, learnings. A further aim was to share all barriers, enablers and ideas for collective change to start a new roadmap for Guidance on incorporating sustainability into different areas of Dietetic practice.
View slides from the event below:
BDA workshop slides_MM_VB_Final_Version.pdf
BeanMeals Presentation BDA 21st November.pdf
Why plant-based eating BDA sustainable diets events 21st Nov 2024.pdf
This event was in collaboration with and supported by the Kidney, Industry and HIV Care Specialist Groups.
Event Sponsors:
Webinar 7th October 2024
Sustainability in Dietetic Practice - Expert panel discussion and Q&A
This webinar focused on the what, why and how of integrating sustainability into dietetic practice, drawing on the recent addition of sustainability into the upcoming new edition of the Manual of Dietetic Practice. It was Hosted by Rosemary Martin MSc RD (NHS Employee Health & Wellness Dietitian, Research Officer of the British Dietetic Association’s Sustainable Diets Group, Founder at Rosemary Nutrition & Dietetics)
With the following panelists:
- Tanya Haffner RD MBDA: Dietitian, Chair of the British Dietetic Association’s Sustainable Diets Group, CEO Nutrilicious Communications and MyNutriWeb.com
- Ursula Arens, BSc MBDA: Freelance Nutrition Writer
- Louise Kirkham BSc Hons: Registered Dietitian
- Emily Latoy: Health Inequalities Dietitian
- Richard Twine PhD: Reader in Sociology
The recording can be viewed here:
Webinar 21st May 2024
Moving towards a responsible food and agriculture system - what does this look like and mean for food and nutrition advice?
Presented by Dr Courteney Scott, Director of Policy and Research at Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
You can watch this webinar again HERE
BDA Slides_20 May Courtney Sustainability.pdf