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<p>The importance of good quality food for patients, visitor and staff is recognised
both in terms of improving health and for their overall experience of services. Patients
have the right to receive tasty, nutritious and free food as part of their National
Health Service treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected centrally on the number
of local senior or executive champions to drive local work on nutrition, the number
of commissioners that reviewed existing service provision or agreed improvement trajectories
as set out in the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018 the Healthcare Food Standards
and Strategy Group started a review of the national standards for Healthcare Food
for patients, staff and visitors. This work is building on the Hospital Food Panel
report of 2014 and is focusing on marking out the way in which organisations need
to comply with the five core standards and bringing in a wealth of tools, resources
and examples of good practice to help them achieve the standards.</p>
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