Written questions

Hospitals: Food

Commons · Question 85130 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

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

Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Nov 2025

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 posthumou...