Health Secretary tours Southampton General to promote hospital food

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Health Secretary, Matt Hancock was at Southampton General Hospital today to promote the improvement of hospital food.

The Conservative manifesto for the 2019 election includes a pledge to improve hospital food, if re-elected.

  • Health Secretary, Matt Hancock:

TV personality Prue Leith joined Mr Hancock on a tour of the kitchens at Southampton hospital.

The pair were invited by staff to make an omelette in the hospital kitchen.

A review into hospital food is a pledge in the Tory manifesto 2019 Credit: ITV Meridian
The pair were invited to make an omelette in the hospital kitchen Credit: ITV Meridian

Bake Off presenter, Prue Leith, insisted her visit wasn't political, saying she would support anyone willing to make hospital food better.

Prue Leith's son, Danny Kruger, a former chief speechwriter for David Cameron, was recently selected as the Tory candidate for Devizes, in Wiltshire.

  • TV personality, Prue Leith