Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85130
Hospitals: Food
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Labour — Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS trusts on providing meals for parents when their child is in hospital overnight.
Answer
Karin SmythNHS England is currently working with the National Health Service to pilot providing meals for parents when their child is in hospital overnight through work being implemented to recognise the wishes of Sophie Fairall and the charity established posthumou...
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