Sick State of Hospital Catering As Pounds 1m a Year in Food Is Wasted ; Advance Orders Sees Meals Wasted If Patients Can't Eat

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THE food wasted in NHS hospitals across Wales is costing pounds 1m a year as meals ordered for patients are left uneaten, the Western Mail can reveal today.

Tens of thousands of meals - up to one in 10 served in Welsh NHS hospitals - can be binned because the patient has already been discharged or they feel too unwell to eat what they have ordered, our Freedom of Information request reveals.

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Sick State of Hospital Catering As Pounds 1m a Year in Food Is Wasted ; Advance Orders Sees Meals Wasted If Patients Can't Eat

Jonathan Morgan, the Tory chairman of the National Assembly's audit committee, said: "With health budgets already under great strain the NHS cannot afford to effectively throw pounds 1m into the waste ...

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