Dr Shireen Kassam
Plant-Based Health Professionals


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Processed meat and public health: Time for a change
7 August 2025
Following the publication of Food Foundation’s Meat Facts and a new analysis of the impact of processed meat, we spoke to Dr Shireen Kassam, Founder and Director of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK, to see where we go from here with processed meat and public procurement.
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Processed meat causes cancer, so why are we serving it in hospitals?
4 October 2023
‘It’s time to act on processed meat’ explores the health impacts of processed meat and calls on health organisations and public sector caterers to reduce the amount of processed meat on menus. Dr Shireen Kassam, Consultant Haematologist and Director of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK sets out the need for hospitals to stop serving processed meat.