Finance and efficiency

Uneaten meals costing trusts £20m a year

By 2011-10-11T11:23:00

A hospital patient is served food

Nearly eight per cent of hospital meals are returned uneaten at a cost to the NHS of more than £22m a year, according to trusts’ figures.

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