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Hospitals: Food |
| Question ID: |
1799037 |
| UIN: |
49628 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5238 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alex Ballinger
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| Asking Member handle: |
AlexBallingerMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@AlexBallingerMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) hospitals offer (i) gluten and (i) dairy free food that is not high in added sugars and (b) people with restricted diets have access to (A) |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
NHS England has published their Food and Drink Standards, which set out the expectations for National Health Service trusts regarding the food they provide to patients and staff. Emphasis is placed on providing healthy, nutritious food options. The standa... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |