Slow Food home | About us | Foundation | Editore | Sloweb | Press Office | Store     Sloweb     Home | Sloweek | Voices from the Slow world | Slow Talk | News | Watch & Listen             In Poor Health 17 Dec 07 - Sloweb According to a survey by the consumer organization Which?, British hospital food is so poor that only one third of patients feel they are receiving the food they need for their recovery, one in four patients ask their relatives to bring in meals and 20 percent of staff would be unhappy to eat the meals served. The survey has found that many of the thirteen million people that are admitted to British hospitals every year are offered unhealthy meals during their stay. Patients are also complaining that portions are too small and that hospitals are failing to cater for people with special diets, such as diabetics and the overweight. 41 per cent of patients were disappointed with hospital food and only 32 per cent believed they were provided with adequate nutrition for their recovery. Michael Summers, a vice-chairman of the Patients' Association, reported that previously 'there had been quite a decent variety of food, people given menus the night before and the temperature of the food was taken. But cutbacks by hospitals have had a terrible effect.' Summers stated that the quality of hospital food had improved until many hospitals began running up deficits and that, 'it's quite common now for hospital food to be sub-standard.' The government’s £40 million Better Hospital Food campaign ran from 2001 to 2006 but was criticized earlier this year by Loyd Grossman who led the project. Grossman accused ministers of not giving enough priority to improving National Health Service catering and said that of the £40 million, 'a relatively small amount went on food ... with more consistent political will, it could have delivered bigger and longer-lasting results to patients'. Source: The Guardian   News archive from Terramadre News archive from Slowfood Foundation for Biodiversity News archive from University of Gastronomic Sciences News archive from Watch & Listen           News     Bulgaria - 27 Jul 10     Brotherhood Across the Balkans     A communal desire to support small-scale traditional producers in the face of growing threats from regulations and the food industry united food communities from ten countries across the...           News archive     Italy - 22 Jul 10     Dream Canteens     Slow Food buildings a strong network of schools putting good, clean and fair in the canteen ...     Belgium - 16 Jul 10     A Slow Voice in Policy Reform     Slow Food President Carlo Petrini participates in a public debate conference on Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy ...     Denmark - 14 Jul 10     Convivial Danes     Danish convivial join the country’s largest fair of artisan producers to share the Slow Food message ...     Argentina - 08 Jul 10     Flavors from the Andes to Patagonia     Terra Madre Argentina unites producers, cooks, academics and consumers in Buenos Aires ...     Macedonia - 02 Jul 10     Preserving Figs and a Gastronomic Heritage     The Wild Fig Slatko Presidium is created to protect a traditional preserve ...     Croatia - 23 Jun 10     Thank you for Everything, Giani     Farewell to Giani Banich, a friend and dynamic figure in the Slow Food movement ...     Archive previous news   Slow Food 2010 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab