ch4 nhs food

[Sedger]

If you have a look at the spreadsheet on the Office for National Stats web site (link below) you'll see that the percentage of "clinical and medical staff" at health authorities accross the country is between 70% and 80%.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBAS....asp?vlnk=7780

Granted all these people may not be involved in direct contact with the patient - but they are key to the medical rather than the admin efforts of the NHS.

I'm going through treatment/ops for bowel cancer ta the moment. I have nothing but the highest regard for the treatment I've had. True the food aint great. But that's fairly low on my priorities.

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by Sedger

If you have a look at the spreadsheet on the Office for National Stats web site (link below) you'll see that the percentage of "clinical and medical staff" at health authorities accross the country is between 70% and 80%.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBAS....asp?vlnk=7780

Granted all these people may not be involved in direct contact with the patient - but they are key to the medical rather than the admin efforts of the NHS.

I'm going through treatment/ops for bowel cancer ta the moment. I have nothing but the highest regard for the treatment I've had. True the food aint great. But that's fairly low on my priorities.

Sedger - all my best wishes for a speedy treatment and recovery.

Like you say, makes the food thing look a bit irrelevant.

[Sedger]

...... next week is pretty crucial. Good omen - just got the Y61 welded up and thru the MOT.

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by Sedger

...... next week is pretty crucial. Good omen - just got the Y61 welded up and thru the MOT.

FFS I hope they aren't TIG welding you!

Good news though!!

[tintin]

Originally Posted by jace

dispatches looking at food in hospital,truly disgusting,god help us if we end up in hospital!

Had to add my 10p worth to this thread, what you saw on the program is what happens when you contract out your catering to private companies, they'll come in with a quote to supply meals, take a large chunk of it as profit and use the rest of it to source the food for the patients, as cheaply as possible.
The food is delivered frozen, defrosted in a "kitchen" plated up cold and then reheated at ward level in a meal trolley.
I've been a chef at a hospital in the north east for 21 year this year and we are the only hospital in the area who still cooks food fresh on the day, so our lasagne starts off at 7am as raw minced beef, i would say 98% of our food is freshly cooked on the premises 365 days a year, we are cooking about 900+ patients 3 times a day and about 1100 staff and visitor meals, on top of buffets etc. And strangly i still enjoy turning up every day

spot on mate sodexo spent about two pence on ingrediants and stung nhs about a fiver lol,if your ill descent grub will speed up your recovery costing nhs even more!.
i saw liver/bacon an onions and all i can think of is the old folks would plump for that being an old favorite and starve,coz when it came it was disgusting!
descent grub youve paid your taxes into nhs you deserve it well done titin and his team!

there high lighting "care for the dying tonnight" u dont wanna get old!