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The government has wasted more than ?54m on "failed" schemes to improve hospital food, according to the food and farming pressure group Sustain.
Its report says compulsory nutritional standards are needed to ensure patient meals improve.
It warned there had been little change in the past two decades despite numerous initiatives, many fronted by celebrity chefs.
A health minister said patients were being asked to influence menus.
Broadcaster Loyd Grossman and celebrity chef Albert Roux are among those backing the call for legally binding hospital food standards.
Both have fronted high-profile campaigns to improve hospital food.
The report from the Campaign for Better Hospital Food - which is run by Sustain and backed by 89 organisations - found that since 1992 there had been 21 initiatives to improve patient meals.
But the schemes failed because they relied on hospitals to voluntarily adopt their recommendations, the report concluded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21531545
Its report says compulsory nutritional standards are needed to ensure patient meals improve.
It warned there had been little change in the past two decades despite numerous initiatives, many fronted by celebrity chefs.
A health minister said patients were being asked to influence menus.
Broadcaster Loyd Grossman and celebrity chef Albert Roux are among those backing the call for legally binding hospital food standards.
Both have fronted high-profile campaigns to improve hospital food.
The report from the Campaign for Better Hospital Food - which is run by Sustain and backed by 89 organisations - found that since 1992 there had been 21 initiatives to improve patient meals.
But the schemes failed because they relied on hospitals to voluntarily adopt their recommendations, the report concluded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21531545