Eating Properly Is A Key Part Of Recovery

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet
Article Date: 03 Sep 2009 - 2:00 PDT

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Responding to research from the University of Bournemouth comparing hospital food with prison food, deputy policy director Jo Webber warned against making superficial comparisons between two completely different types of organisation.

Jo Webber, deputy policy director at the NHS Confederation, which represents 95% of NHS organisations, said:

"Eating properly is one of the key parts to successful recovery and the NHS Confederation argued that proper nutrition should be one of the enforceable standards of the new healthcare regulator the care quality commission.

"According to the last national patients' survey, most people are satisfied with the food they receive in hospital. It also said that more people were getting help eating their meals when they needed it.

"We recognise that more needs to be done to improve nutrition so all hospitals meet the standards of the best although we urge caution in making superficial comparisons between two completely different types of institution."

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NHS Confederation

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