NHS England acts on sugar based beverages on its premises
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- Published: Wednesday, 28 June 2017 07:43
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NHS England will adopt a twin track approach to reduce the sales of sugar-sweetened beverages on NHS premises. The first track is to launch a voluntary sales reduction scheme, with a target of a 10% reduction by March 2018. The second track is to take steps to implement a ban on sales of sugar-sweetened beverages from 1 July 2018.
Last year NHS England launched a consultation on action to reduce the sales of sugar-sweetened beverages on NHS premises. In light of this they will now proceed with a twin track approach.
The first track is to launch a voluntary sales reduction scheme, asking suppliers on NHS premises to commit to reduce the total volume of monthly sugar-sweetened beverage sales per retailer, per NHS outlet, reaching a target of 10% or less of total volume of drinks sales for the whole month of March 2018 and continuing thereafter and in future contracts.
Secondly, given the need for decisive action, they will also take steps to implement a ban on sales of sugar-sweetened beverages from 1 July 2018. This ban will apply to sales in and by NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts, and by other retailers and suppliers on NHS premises. It will take effect from 1 July 2018 and they will do this by amending the terms of the NHS Standard Contract.
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