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A segment today on BBC TV news re hospital food. Having spent one night in hospital in my life and being fed by my Mother, I suppose, I have no real knowledge of hospital food on a plate. The point being made was that, in many cases it ranged from poor to inedible. Bearing in mind that people spend some money at home on feeding themselves it wouldn't seem a bad idea to make a contribution in hospital to improve the food. I think this would fall flat on its face as the NHS would create such a bureacracy to administer the scheme that it would cost more to run than it would collect. The point was also made that poor food is tolerable for for a short stay but the man commenting had been in hospital for over 6 weeks and hadn't been offered anything appetising or nourishing in the whole time he was in
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