CEL 01 (2012) - Health Promoting Health Service: Action in Hospital Settings
The new CEL (Chief Executive Letter) from Sir Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland for Health Promoting Health Service: Action in Hospital Settings has now been released.
The CEL extends the aspirations and range of actions set out in CEL 14 (2008) and includes community hospitals in the settings targeted. It aims to sharpen local leadership, governance and accountability in this area, and harness improvement capability for the health promoting health service approach.
In particular the CEL mentions work on the following food areas:-
18.3 Breastfeeding: Continue to implement the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative in all maternity units.
18.4 Food and Health: Develop a consistent approach to healthy eating for all food service providers across the NHS. Caterers will be required to follow Healthyliving Award criteria at the point of contract (re)negotiation and retailers will be required to join the Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) Healthyliving Programme and meet their Gold Standard criteria at the point of contract (re)negotiation
The CEL is available online at: http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2012_01.pdf
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