I shouldn't think that hospital vending machines were high on his list of priorities, but the new dodecagon coins provide a unique opportunity to every health trust in the land.
In 2013, the British Medical Association's conference supported calls for hospitals to ban the sale of junk food in vending machines and cafes. Five years before that, both the Welsh and Scottish governments had introduced guidelines for hospital trusts on this issue. In Wales, the government issued guidance that included a charter maintaining that food and drink sold from vending machines must have a positive nutritional benefit. Hospitals have, after all, signed up to a "responsibility deal", committed to making healthier food and drink available.
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