NHS

I watched James Martin on TV yesterday morning, he has introduced well cooked local food for patients in hospital in Scarborough, proper soups made each day, meat produced close by, but there is a fly in the ointment!, NHS procurement rules, this stupid set of rules is stifling good quality food, this leaves most hospitals in the country cutting food budgets (staff) by using "cook and freeze" this is food prepared off site by outside companies leaving the food just to be heated at the hospital either steaming or microwave, so I think that this can only leave patients spending more time in hospital recovering, the answer has to be better fresh made food on site, this does not mean a rise in costs it can in fact make a profit for the hospital but more importantly better for the patient meaning shorter stays and a better outcome for them, we have to look closely at this I noticed that 70% of nurses would not want their family to spend time in their hospital that statement says loads, do the people who control the NHS listen? not likely, of course they know what is best for us!!, I think not!!.