
Debbie McGugan
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Community Rehab Dietitian, NHSCT. AHP. Chair of the NI board of the British Dietetic Association (BDA). Views are my own.
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02-08-2023 14:48:45
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It's Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week 🙌 Our Policy and Campaign Officer Sarah Laverty is spending today at Economy NI's Public Sector Apprenticeships Conference, continuing to push for dietetic apprenticeships to be introduced in NI.


Award winning Dietetics table at first ever South Eastern Trust Careers Fair - the event was a huge success! Joanne Shannon Elizabeth McKnight Claire Smyth




Thank you Northern Trust for the kind invite to attend 'Turning our ambition into action'. It was an inspiring and exciting event Kathryn Duff joanne mckee RD Sean McQuade




One week left to register for our nutrition & health professional event on ‘UNDERSTANDING UNDERNUTRITION’. Prof Jane Murphy Prof Jane Murphy Dr Sinead Furey Dr Sinéad Furey Dr Anne Nugent Anne Nugent Dr Sarah Bath Dr Sarah Bath Prof Sean Strain Details @ bit.ly/4iGNvFP



We were so pleased that Professor Michelle Tennyson was able to join our BDA Northern Ireland Board meeting this week. This was a great chance to celebrate the increase in student places announced by Mike Nesbitt, and discuss other areas of policy that we can collaborate on in the year ahead.


It’s Coeliac awareness month Coeliac_UK and we are raising awareness in the foyer at Altnagelvin Western Trust Warren Edwards


A date for your diary for Dietitians Week👇🏾 🗓️Monday 2 June ⏰8pm #RDUK #DW2025 Azmina Nutrition Dr Frankie Phillips RD Emma Carder

Caomhan is ready to welcome those of you attending the Connect - Celebrate - Collaborate event tonight British Dietetic Association BDA Northern Ireland #BDANI


Our BDA Northern Ireland Board and Branch Chairs Debbie McGugan and Hilary Friel share why they’re excited for our Connect - Celebrate - Collaborate tonight. A packed programme kicking off very shortly!! British Dietetic Association #BDANI

A huge thanks to all our event speakers: Pete Burbidge AHP lead Department of Health Jenny Kirkwood Allied Health Professions Federation NI chair Fiona Audley BDA Trust speakers: Warren Edwards Twyla Moffitt RD Jill Smyth, Michelle Graham-Steele, Christine McColgan, Sarah-Jane Nelson British Dietetic Association #BDANI

👩🎓 As a future dietitian, this is what Zoe Hylands, from Ulster University is excited for in her future career. But, what about you? Share your thoughts using #DW2025

It’s the last day of #DietitiansWeek! Here’s a quick look at the NI dietetic workforce who attended our successful Connect - Celebrate - Collaborate event last night! Did we spot you?! The future of dietetics looks bright ✨ British Dietetic Association #BDANI