Events: Home from Hospital: access to food at hospital discharge and beyond
At this event we launched a new Home from Hospital guide, exploring how we can make sure people can access food after discharge from hospital.
Older People’s Food Campaign | Wednesday 16 March 2022
Events: Home from hospital: Making sure people have access to food at hospital discharge and beyond
This online event shared practice and experiences from around the country and discussed what action needs to be taken to capitalise on good practice and address challenges.
Older People’s Food Campaign | Tuesday 2 November 2021
News: Scotland revises hospital food standards
Revised standards for Scottish hospital food are to be introduced later this year.
Sustain | Saturday 25 July 2015
News: Hospital food still far short of targets
A review of progress towards standards set for hospital food two years ago shows how much work remains to be done before patients, staff and visitors can be confident that they will be well fed on hospital premises.
Sustain | Friday 17 February 2017
Article: Taking the pulse of London hospital food
Hospitals have a poor reputation when it comes to food, but what sort of meals are really being served up? Katherine Button writes about how the Campaign for Better Hospital Food’s new report is lifting the lid on the state of patients’ plates.
London Food Link | Wednesday 18 April 2018
News: NHS at 70: How hospital food has changed down the years
To mark the 70th birthday of the NHS, the i newspaper has written a piece on how hospital food has changed over the years. See Sustain's comment.
Sustain | Monday 2 July 2018
News: Hospital food campaigners 'underwhelmed' by obesity plan
"The Campaign for Better Hospital Food is concerned that the Government’s plans to tackle childhood obesity, published today in the obesity plan, are underwhelming at best."
Sustain | Thursday 18 August 2016
News: Celebrity chef Loyd Grossman joins attack on government for hospital food failure
Loyd Grossman responds to the Good Food for Our Money campaign's 'A Decade of Hospital Food Failure' report by declaring 'it is a scandal that improving hospital catering remains far from the top of the NHS agenda'.
Good Food for Our Money Campaign | Thursday 14 January 2010
News: Government wastes over £50m on hospital food failure
The Government has wasted over £50 million since the year 2000 on at least 17 separate initiatives to improve hospital food, which have resulted in almost no improvement to the quality of meals served, or to their nutritional and environmental value.
Good Food for Our Money Campaign | Tuesday 29 December 2009
Reports: Yet more hospital food failure - the bill rises to £54m and still counting
A second, updated report analysing government spending from 2000 to 2010 that has been wasted on failed voluntary attempts to improve hospital food. The bill for failed government initiatives continues to rise, reaching £54m over the past decade.
Good Food for Our Money Campaign | Tuesday 30 March 2010
