The Healthy choices: policy directive and guidelines for health services aims to improve the availability and promotion of healthier food and drink options on hospital premises.
Announced in mid-2021, the Healthy choices: policy directive for Victorian public health services (Policy directive) requires health services to meet food and drink requirements for their in-house managed retail food outlets, all vending machines, all staff/event catering, and items purchased by staff and visitors from patient/resident menus machines, all staff/event catering, and items purchased by staff and visitors from patient/resident menus.
In addition, health services are encouraged to continue implementing the Healthy choices: policy guidelines for hospitals and health services in their commercially/privately managed retail food outlets.
The Department of Health requires ongoing annual reporting on the Policy directive.
Phase 1 (drinks) target progress
Phase 2 (food and drinks) target progress
The Healthy Eating Advisory Service (delivered by National Nutrition Foundation, with support from the Victorian Government) continues to support all Victorian public health services to report on and maintain the requirements of the Policy directive.
For further information or support, visit the Healthy Eating Advisory website, or contact HEAS on 1300 22 52 88 or heas@nnf.org.au.
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- Date published
- 27 Apr 2023
Reviewed 16 September 2024