Alex Jackson, Co-ordinator of the Campaign for Better Hospital Food [1], responds to the findings of the Care Quality Commission’s Time to listen: Dignity and nutrition in NHS hospitals report [2].
He said: “We’re pleased that more patients are being helped to eat in hospital, but it remains essential to improve the quality of hospital meals on offer. The Care Quality Commission’s report gives us next to no information about the healthiness or quality of hospital food, including how much saturated fat and salt is contained in meals. For these inspections to be useful, they must compare patient meals against clear nutritional and quality standards, as is required in schools.”
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[1] Campaign for Better Hospital Food, calling for mandatory hospital food standards https://www.sustainweb.org/hospitalfood/organisations/
[2] Care Quality Commission, Time to listen: Dignity and nutrition in NHS hospitals report http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/time_to_listen_-_nhs_hospitals_main_report_tag.pdf.
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.
