John Denham

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John Denham has been representing Southampton Itchen in Parliament since 1992. 

He is currently Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. 

On this website you'll find news about what John's been up to in both Southampton and Westminster. 

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John refuses to let hospital food case go cold

John Denham visited Southampton General  Hospital today amid ongoing concerns about the standard of food being served to patients.

John visited the hospital earlier in the year after a number of constituents contacted him with concerns about the quality and reliability of food being served by new catering company Medirest.  John was served samples of the food and admitted that while the quality of the food wasn’t bad, the issue was that meals was not being served on time, meaning that patients weren’t getting food that was the same standard of that served to him.

A plan for improving standards was put in place, with figures from the hospital showing nine out of ten meals are now being served on time.  However, John still doesn't believe this is good enough, so will be meeting with hospital bosses this morning.

John said,  “On my last visit I made it clear that the issue did not seem to be the quality of the food itself, but the state it was in when it reached patients due to the irregularity with which food was served on time.  It’s clear that the situation is a lot better than in was a few months ago, but the hospital still has a way to go to make sure that nobody is waiting an unreasonable amount of time for their meals.  Patients deserve reliable standards.”