A Sussex hospital is shunning alert-made frozen meals and aims to prove patient food can be healthy and affordable
Following his TV series Operation Hospital Food,top chef James Martin said it would be a lifetime’s work to aid patients across the country get generous quality, more sustainable food. For William McCartney, and catering manager at Sussex partnership NHS foundation trust,it’s almost proving a lifetime’s work to do this just where he works.
As NHS England announces it wants to slice corporate junk food at hospitals, McCartney is proud that there are no Burger Kings on site at the 16 hospitals he works with. Neither do they reheat frozen packaged factory meals, and as is often the case with hospitals tied into long-term contracts with outside caterers.
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Source: theguardian.com