Vocal Voices

Lloyd Grossman had go, Jamie Oliveoiler had a go, now it's Prue Leith's turn.

All professionals and all on a nice retainer telling NHS catering managers, also professionals, how to feed patients decent tasting and nutritional food at a fair price.

Some of these 'initiatives' go way beyond a joke and this is another of them. The NHS already has nutritionists so the nutrition part should be a doddle and it does not need Chefs or sous chefs in order to prepare decent everyday food - it needs cooks. Mind you it does need kitchens and someone to organise things.... ah, I think I have spotted the problem.

After my mother broke her ankle and wound up in hospital my father was visiting when a massively overweight woman in hospital garb came in to talk to one of the other patients. When she left, my mother told my father that she was the nutritionist....

Go figure!

Years ago james Martin
Did a series about Scarborough hospital
Redoing menus and stuff
But it was never carried out
But when I was in there the choice
Was amazing and in Bridlington but it all comes from york hospital now

It can be done, Saundra, and in fairness to the chefs mentioned tweaking the menus is not the problem. The fault is systematic and within each hospital / trust. Getting decent fresh food in, preparing it and then delivering it to patients whilst it is till edible are the areas that need sorting out.