NHS In Sensible Decision Shocker

platypus · 13 May 2010 at 10:15

Using local produce to save millions, in the process rescuing businesses from going under. Long live the coalition*!

Hospital food cooked with fresh local ingredients could put hundreds of millions of pounds back into the NHS, one hospital trust has said.

Catering managers at Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre have switched to such a menu.

The trust says the daily plate saving is £2.50 per patient - that is more than £6m a year.

Trust catering manager John Hughes said up to £400m could be saved annually if it were rolled out across the NHS.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8679192.stm

*This is a sarcastic comment and is in no way intended to infer that our glorious new overlords have caused a wave of common sense.

Cosimo · 13 May 2010 at 10:25

Misleading title as its only one trust and not all the NHS. Sounds good but can they manage this throughout the year. I wonder how much they could save by getting rid of most of their catering managers.

platypus · 13 May 2010 at 10:54

All right, all right. I was going to add trust but missed the title editing window.

Gackt · 13 May 2010 at 11:15

To be honest, Soylent Green is a far more effective solution, and it provides all of what your body needs.