Hospitals: Food

(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of preparing and serving a meal in NHS hospitals.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 17th October 2017

The information is not available in the format requested. The Department collects data from National Health Service trusts for the average total daily cost for the provision of all meals and beverages fed to one patient per day; not the cost of a single meal.

The average cost of feeding one in-patient per day is £11.05. The cost is inclusive of all pay and non-pay costs, including provisions, ward issues, disposables, equipment and its maintenance.

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