{"value":{"id":1663902,"askingMemberId":4070,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-10-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","uin":"201755","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the measurement criteria for the effectiveness of improvements in hospital food.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4423,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>NHS England is collecting data about trusts’ progress in implementing the eight mandatory elements of the Hospital Food and Drink Standards, including trusts having a named board member with responsibility for hospital food. The results are expected by March 2024.</p><p>Results from NHS England’s latest survey into patient’s assessment of their care survey published in March 2023 show a 90% approval on food/hydration, which demonstrates the overall impact of the improvements being made to hospital food such as the roll out of the eight mandatory Hospital Food and Drink Standards.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Hospitals: Food","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1663902","method":"GET"}]}