title: Competition is key when it comes to fast-food outlets.
abstract: When University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust announced that it was ending its contract with Burger King and not renewing the fast-food outlet's concession at the city's general hospital, patients launched a campaign against the closure (News January 7).
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D057140:Fast Foods / Q000009:adverse effects; D063427:Food Quality; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom