Up here in Aberdeen we get patients from country areas. Having been with a seriously ill patient in hospital last year, my mother, I believe that the biggest problem is that the catering is contracted out and that the nursing staff now have no responsibility for the food and the patient. Nottingham As a nurse in East Lancashire, I have taken exception to the comments of your audience and panel. Part of essential nursing duties are to ensure that patients have a good diet and if they need help to meet this need then they receive assistance. Mark, Blackburn I find any argument that demeans Labours efforts regarding the NHS very distasteful.
People are too impatient for change.
It takes long term solutions to fix problems that have taken a long time to create. I support what Geoff Hoon said about army chefs. Having eaten in numerous army camps during the miners' strike in the 1980's I found their cooking excellent. Simon Dicketts, Reading I spent two months in hospital. There is very little variation, some of the food is absolutely foul and it is especially difficult if you have restrictions on your diet.