We face an unprecedented crisis in the health and social care systems. Alarm bells are ringing about the state of England’s health system as life expectancy falls and infant mortality rises. Compared to similar countries many indicators for the state of child health are poor and shaped by persistently high social inequalities. Political parties use the …
Class action, solidarity and care 2023 will be a year of class action as potentially we face the severest recession in 100 years. The government tells us that we must suffer months of hardships on top of a decade of austerity, wage cuts and deterioration in working conditions. For them, ‘the weak suffer what they …
Southwark Labour Council Candidate De-selection Statement by Sharon Noonan-Gunning On 1st March 2022, Labour Party members in Rotherhithe selected me to be one of their Labour candidates in the May 5th Council election. It was a great honour and privilege to win their support and, confident of a Labour win, I looked forward to representing …
Omits the Right to Food ‘The Plan’ is insufficient to tackle England’s growing nutritional crisis Critique This focuses on reasons why the recommendations will do little to tackle England’s household food insecurity, food and health inequalities and growing nutritional crisis. The authors of The Plan come from a ‘kinder capitalism’ standpoint and sincerely want to …
National Food Strategy omits the Right To Food (short version)Read More »
Omits the Right to Food ‘The Plan’ is insufficient to tackle England’s growing nutritional crisis Critique This focuses on reasons why the recommendations will do little to tackle England’s household food insecurity, food and health inequalities and growing nutritional crisis. The authors of The Plan come from a ‘kinder capitalism’ standpoint and sincerely want to …
This is an important week for food and health inequalities campaigners with the launch of two interconnected strategies related to the COVID-19 crisis. Welcomed are measures that tackle the power of food industry for example, to shape the eating habits of children, as are those to feed hungry children. Neither strategy tackles the underlying causes …
COVID-19: ‘Obesity’ & ‘Hunger’ – the new obesity & food strategiesRead More »
As we enter the Covid recovery period Laurentina, who runs food distribution service in deprived area of Deptford, London SE8, says ‘we’re preparing for dark times’. With other mothers in the community centre she is stepping up grant applications to feed hungry children, collecting second hand clothes and building the community network of support through …
(image source Critical Dietetics) End Racism – Jobs for ALL – Homes for ALL – Food for ALL I’m posting this statement from the WORLD CRITICAL DIETETICS BOARD, with my solidarity and commitment to fighting for fundamental societal change to bring about equal rights and justice. reprinted from https://criticaldieteticsblog.com/ World Critical Dietetics (WCD) stands in …
The Future of Public Health Nutrition is a research collaboration that I am building to collect evidence about the impact of cuts and privatisation of public health nutrition (PHN) services on the Covid 19 crisis. It examines PHN capacity to feed ALL in need during the crisis, and in its wake that brings economic crisis …
Stop the top-down public health approach – talk to the communities! While its fantastic to see and hear the singing from lockdowns in Italy. The reality, for many, will be very different. Many of our council estates are not suitable for isolation. I lived in this block for 20 years. On the Pepys Estate in …
Covid 19 Food Planning: resources and distributionRead More »