Catering Management Catering Management Association of IrelandAssociation of Ireland

Founded 1954 - The Industrial & Services Catering Founded 1954 - The Industrial & Services Catering Management AssociationManagement Association

Catering Management Association of Ireland- Catering Management Association of Ireland- Professional Catering ManagersProfessional Catering Managers

Networking Networking Associate Member with HCIAssociate Member with HCISupport to members Support to members Desciminate informatoin etcDesciminate informatoin etcwww.cmai.iewww.cmai.ie

Bia bonn na Bia bonn na beathabeatha

- - Food is lifeFood is life

Excellence Ireland Quality Awards - National Excellence Ireland Quality Awards - National Awards Awards Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards- National Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards- National AwardsAwardsHSE Achievement AwardsHSE Achievement Awards Happy Heart AwardsHappy Heart Awards HIQA / Mental Health Commission AuditsHIQA / Mental Health Commission AuditsAll Island Salt Reduction Programme – FSAI All Island Salt Reduction Programme – FSAI && UCC UCC Nutritional Guidelines for Acute HospitalsNutritional Guidelines for Acute HospitalsIrish Standards 340 2007 Irish Standards 340 2007 Obesity ProgrameObesity ProgrameCare of the EldCare of the Elderlerly Guidelinesy Guidelines

What is the Conference about for What is the Conference about for CMAI?CMAI?

To highlight the importance and role of To highlight the importance and role of food as treatment for the wellbeing and food as treatment for the wellbeing and recovery of the client /patientrecovery of the client /patient

The importance of the role of the Catering The importance of the role of the Catering Department in delivering this serviceDepartment in delivering this service

The Council of Europe 2003 passed a The Council of Europe 2003 passed a resolution on Food and Nutritional Care in resolution on Food and Nutritional Care in

Hospitals which has recommendations about Hospitals which has recommendations about nutritional screening, food service and nutritional screening, food service and

nutritional care, communications and health nutritional care, communications and health economicseconomics

‘‘Ordinary food by the oral route should be the first Ordinary food by the oral route should be the first choice to correct or prevent undernutrition’choice to correct or prevent undernutrition’

‘‘Undernutrition amongst hospital patients leads to Undernutrition amongst hospital patients leads to extended hospital life and unnecessary costs to extended hospital life and unnecessary costs to hheealth care’alth care’

Going Foward Going Foward Food Quality & Safety - quality ingredientsFood Quality & Safety - quality ingredients Nutritional Content Nutritional Content Cutting out /down salt in our cookingCutting out /down salt in our cooking Excellent CuisineExcellent Cuisine Menus Menus Protected Meal TimeProtected Meal Time Top standards of Food Service & DeliveryTop standards of Food Service & Delivery Presentaton of Food Presentaton of Food Complaints & disComplaints & disssatisfaction from clientsatisfaction from clients MultidiMultidissciplinary Aproachciplinary Aproach

Where to go from hereWhere to go from here

The CMAI will host a WorkshopThe CMAI will host a Workshop

Steering Committe Steering Committe withwith all stake holders all stake holders involvinvolveded regional regional local levellocal level

Mission StatementMission Statement

Our VisionOur Vision

To provide for excellence in Professional To provide for excellence in Professional Catering Management Catering Management

Ensuring the highest possiEnsuring the highest possibble standards are le standards are achieved and maintainedachieved and maintained