Hospital food!

[Muddy Boots]

Right, I'm in for the foreseeable and two meals in I'm pleasantly impressed. Lunch was egg and bacon sandwich with ice cream to follow. Ice-cream was made by local farm/ice-cream manufacturers. Yes not in fancy packaging but that's fine.
Tea omelet mash and veg. Tasty. Pudding caramel sundae, sweet and cold. Hit the spot.
Well done Deriford hospital Plymouth.

 

[spin cycle]

did you ask if the bacon was halal

 

[Muddy Boots]

To be honest I was just glad it tasted like bacon.

 

[yellowfrog]

as long as you've got your appetite the meals are not as bad as some people make out

 

[jade35]

Glad to hear the food is okay so far One further positive is the small M & S Food by the main entrance

 

[Princess Pooper]

I went to a local food conference years ago where one of the Health Trusts in the SW did a presentation about how they managed to procure local foods without breaking any 'rules' on value. They gave ice cream as an example, saying they needed a good quality ice cream to get energy and sometimes fruit into folks that might not be very hungry or might have difficulties chewing or swallowing. By encouraging the local farmhouse supplier to change their packaging and reduce their portion size, they were able to put in a successful tender. Wonder if it's the same one?

 

[Muddy Boots]

Langage farm ice cream

 

[jade35]

Langage farm ice cream

Chunky chocolate?? I think Langage produce some of the best ice cream and their chunky chocolate is superb.

 

[Muddy Boots]

Just vanilla and probably a cheaper recipe but none the less, it's local and I know it's provenance.

 

[Still Farming]

Princess of Wales Meals were Great too .

 

[Guto]

Get well soon $ha99er

 

[Yorkshire farmer1]

foods never been great in my experience hope its not too bad !

 

[JCMaloney]

Good food get`s `em out quicker....nutritional value was long over looked against "cash value" but its the other way round now. @Muddy Boots get well soon!

 

[glow worm]

I was wondering where the to post this thought. Hope this is the right place. Talking to a staff sister today who was passionate about the waste of money within the nhs. One thing she talked about, which I must admit I had never thought about, is, with all the ever increasing eye watering costs of operations which we expect as our right, why do we also expect the food to be free? If we were home, we would be paying for our own food. Why do we expect free food as well as say £10000 for an op? she maintained that if there was a charge for all food, the nhs would not only save millions but the charge could pay for decent meals in all hospitals. No pun intended, but food for thought!!!

 

[DrWazzock]

Dad really enjoyed the food when he was in. We would visit and talk to him about what was happening back home but most of the time he wasn't really listening, he was too busy going through the menu choosing his next meal.

 

[DrWazzock]

And should have said hope you get well soon!

 

[chaffcutter]

This^^^^^ @glow worm we've been saying this for years, it's such a simple thing to do why has it never been considered in the public domain, it's one thing to keep the NHS 'free at point of delivery' in medical terms but why run a hotel free as well?

 

[5020man]

Hi.

I spent January 2015 in Q.Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

Excellent food, two hot meals a day plus ad lib snacks and drinks.

Choice of menus, English,Chinese West Indian,Indian. Kosher and

Halal.

All served at bedside.

Very good 5* Hotel.

I cannot fault catering medical or nursing staff.

Many thanks to you all.

5020 man.