The NHS hospitals that feed patients on 86p a meal - while others splash out £7.50

Some NHS hospitals are spending as little as 86 pence a meal on food for patients.
New figures show a massive disparity in what is spent per day on food and drinks for patients.
Some hospitals spend as little as £2.57 per patient while others spend more than £22 a day - nearly £7.50 per meal.
The National Health Service spends around £500million a year on food and drink for patients
The National Health Service spends around £500million a year on food and drink for patients
The data, compiled by the NHS Information Centre, give details of spending on food and drink in 2010-11 of more than 350 primary care trusts, foundation hospitals and other NHS organisations.
It showed more than 30 trusts - almost one in 10 of the total - fork out less than £5 a day on breakfast, lunch and dinner for each patient in their care.
The lowest spender is Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which spends just £2.57 a day.

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