Welsh hospitals settle on exclusive local beef deal
28 August 2012
Hospitals in North Wales will use only locally sourced beef under a £120,000-a-year deal unveiled last week.
The scheme, revealed by Carwyn Jones, minister for the environment, planning and countryside at the Welsh assembly, will apply to hospitals in the North West Wales, North East Wales and Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trusts.
It reflects a growing trend among hospitals and schools to source produce locally.
Patients and visitors will tuck into 40,000...