Call for 45p cheques to save Oxfordshire hospital kitchens
The Campaign for Better Hospital Food is collecting 45p cheques from members of the public in a bid to protect the closure of kitchens at hospitals in Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford, Chipping Norton and Witney.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, which runs all of the hospitals, calculates that the closure of kitchens will save £300,000 of taxpayers’ money, equivalent to 45p per Oxfordshire resident.
The campaign to protect the kitchens is backed by celebrity chef Oxfordshire resident Raymond Blanc OBE, in addition to top doctors, patients, Oxfordshire businesses, hospital cooks, public health advisors, local councillors and health and environmental groups.
The calls for 45p cheques achieved press coverage including a interview on BBC Radio South with govenment Minister Ed Vaizey in which he backed the closures.
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Published Thursday 18 June 2015
Better Hospital Food: The campaign represents a coalition of organisations calling on the Westminster government to introduce mandatory nutritional, environmental and ethical standards for food served to patients in NHS hospitals in England.
