Perhaps Heston Blumenthal didn't know what he was letting himself in for when he tackled boring hospital meals for his new TV show but he seems to have entered the middle of a fierce debate. A Dispatches programme (called 'The Truth About Hospital Food') on the topic will air tonight. It follows reporter Mark Sparrow as he uncovers some truly unpleasant food in Britain's hospitals. The programme also features an interview with celebrity chef Loyd Grossman who conducted a £40 million revamp of hospital food in 2000.
Grossman took part in the initiative for free but left after five years because of frustration at his lack of progress. The scheme was scrapped shortly after his departure. He says "Someone at the top has got to take the issue of food seriously or else patients will continue to suffer unnecessarily" and claimed that "there was kind of a prejudice against common sense, the kind of common sense that’s been part of patient care since Hippocrates."
The question is, will Heston fare any better?
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