Spurred on by the amazing campaign that Natasha Ednan Laperouse's parents have fronted since the inquest's findings into Natasha's death, the Food Standards Agency/DEFRA have been remarkably speedy in getting out a consultation on how to move forward. The question is how feasible …
Living with MI (methylisothiazolinone) allergy
Alex has done it again..... Found an extraordinarily abstruse subject (did you ever read his piece on gluten-free communion hosts?) and dissected it in great detail. But on this occasion he has not only dissected it, but reconstructed it into manageable and comprehensible …
Just Eat and allergen laden takeaways
Thanks to Panorama's sleuths it has been revealed that many of the meals delivered via Just Eat, the biggest of the on line food delivery apps, come from outlets with zero knowledge of what a food allergen might be, let alone which food allergens may be in the food that they …
Looking to the future
So, following on from all that bracken – where are we taking the FoodsMatter empire? I cannot deny that James' totally unexpected death in August has certainly made me think very carefully about what it is that we have been and should be doing. In purely practical terms, he …
Nursing as it used to be – with Jane Dean
Keen followers of Call the Midwife should certainly be checking in to Jane Dean’s new book, To Heal the Sick – Nursing in the NHS in the 1960s. (Available from JaneDeanAuthor or as a Kindle here.) Jane trained with a group of friends, all of whom have kept in touch over the …