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Hospitals: Food

Asked by Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 November 2025UIN 85130

The question

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.

Answered by Karin Smyth

NHS 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 posthumously in her name, Sophie’s Legacy. This work aims to improve hospital experiences for children and their parents, including ensuring parents and carers have access to food and drink while staying with their children in hospital.

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