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Hospitals: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of access to nutritious, appetising hospital food on patient's health, recovery and time spent in hospital; and what plans he has to introduce policies t

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
18 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of access to nutritious, appetising hospital food on patient's health, recovery and time spent in hospital; and what plans he has to introduce policies t

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Independent Review of Hospital Food, applicable to hospitals in England only, and published in October 2020, made a suite of recommendations for improving hospital food. The review made clear the positive effect on patient recovery and wellbeing of ac...

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