The NHS plans to stop patients who consume Weetabix and Bran Flakes "will save over £ 400,000"

Inpatients will no longer receive Weetabix or Bran Flakes for breakfast as part of a new plan to save £ 420,000 from the NHS.

The Alpen cereal bars, owned by Weetabix, will also be unavailable due to rising prices after Health Minister Stephen Hammond said the NHS could save a third on breakfasts it's time for. bought in bulk.

Hospital managers were encouraged to purchase supplies from one of the NHS supply arms, the NHS supply chain.

Did you have YOUR Weetabix? Not if you are in the hospital, you are not there. The NHS purchasing branch canceled orders with the company, for Weetabix (left) and Bran Flakes (right)

According to the Guardian, the Breakfast Savings Initiative, which involves 19 NHS trusts, is part of the plans to save £ 2.4 billion.

Mr Hammond said: "The NHS serves thousands of delicious breakfasts every day – but pays extremely different amounts for simple things like beans, tea and jam."

In early 2017, Giles Turrell, then Managing Director of Weetabix, said Weetabix could become another mainstream brand to raise prices due to the fall of the pound since the vote on Brexit.

The breakfast cereal maker said that if prices went up, the increases would likely be in the order of "less than one digit numbers"

Although the company harvests wheat in Northamptonshire, it is sold in US dollars on world markets, which means that the cost in pounds to buy wheat in the UK has increased.

Like other packaged food manufacturers, the excessive value of the British pound has increased the cost of imported products or products traded globally priced in US dollars.

NHS hospitals will continue to be able to buy discontinued products from NHS Supply Chain while supplies last, said the procurement team.

An NHS Supply Chain spokesperson said: "NHS customers can still order Weetabix through the wholesaler structures of NHS Supply Chain. The Weetabix will be delivered to the hospital through the wholesaler.

"Patients are therefore still able to take Weetabix for breakfast at NHS hospitals that purchase Weetabix."

Seven patient lines may be missing in the NHS

NHS Supply Chain said that after an increase in prices, the following lines would no longer be available on a major road to the market after the depletion of existing stocks, which should occur this week:

Weetabix Alpen cereal bars will no longer be stocked by the NHS

• Weetabix Breakfast Cereal (pack of 48)
• Weetabix individual breakfast cereals (96 x 1), simple biscuit
• Weetabix individual breakfast cereals (48 x 2)
• Breakfast with cereal flakes 500g
• Breakfast bar Strawberry and yoghurt bar [Alpen bar, made by Weetabix]
• Breakfast bar with chocolate and fruits [Alpen bar, made by Weetabix]
• Bar of cereals Bar of fruits and nuts [Alpen bar, made by Weetabix]