tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post7156672105292721733..comments2024-03-27T07:01:15.849+00:00Comments on Notes from a hospital bed: Words fail meTraction Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130413914192627361noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-57482320060627700122012-01-13T18:20:24.609+00:002012-01-13T18:20:24.609+00:00I had to stay for two weeks in poole hospital duri...I had to stay for two weeks in poole hospital during May 2011 for heart-failure.<br />All the meals provided were SUPERB with comprehensive menu-choice and 3 different portion sizes !! i even took some menu"s home as proof.<br /><br />Thank you with ALL-MY-HEART to this hospital.<br />( Pun intended !! )Glenn Richardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-57321536233786931972011-02-27T00:43:12.924+00:002011-02-27T00:43:12.924+00:00Well done, Mark for highlighting this appalling an...Well done, Mark for highlighting this appalling and worsening problem. I have been a professional nurse all my life, and of recent years have had to watch my patients suffer for want of proper food. Management don't give a damn, so long as all their boxes are ticked, and costs are minimal. They need to wake up and recognise that the patient is the most important person in the hospital, and that proper food is a vital part of good care.Kit Hollishttp://mail.aol.com/33298-111/aol-6/en-gb/Suite.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-25775792831798430692011-02-22T21:15:11.588+00:002011-02-22T21:15:11.588+00:00i dont even know what that is the fact that they c...i dont even know what that is the fact that they can even serve that it terrable !lilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-8460952512471565832011-02-22T16:51:31.889+00:002011-02-22T16:51:31.889+00:00went to hospital to have my appendix out a couple ...went to hospital to have my appendix out a couple of months ago, and i have lost quite a bit of weight, i forced down my first meal at the ward...<br /><br />ugh...<br /><br />i was vomiting and hacking for an hour after. they said it was bacterial!Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-72118203349744865702011-02-22T15:56:55.651+00:002011-02-22T15:56:55.651+00:00I have just had a knee replacement, the second in ...I have just had a knee replacement, the second in five years and the patient food at Chesterfield Royal Hospital is disgusting. I survived on digestive biscuits, fruit and boiled sweets. The food 5 years ago was just the same. Surgery, medication and nursing has come on leaps and bounds in 5 years but the food has not improved one bit. I was admitted to the Royal in the 80's, the food was second to none and was cooked on the premises. I would recommend anyone with prior knowledge of their admission to take in high protein food to help with their recovery. I think I know what I am talking about, I have C&G 706/1, 706/2. 711/1 and 711/2 cooking for the catering industry certificates.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943929974598682779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-57545373893124942752011-02-22T15:09:49.769+00:002011-02-22T15:09:49.769+00:00Further to my previous post I also think that you&...Further to my previous post I also think that you've highlighted this problem at exactly the right time. If David Cameron is to push through changes for the better then he needs as much information/ammunition as possible. The more people that complain, the better. I hope the newspapers run with this one until something's done. Anon (M)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-26139259200009769242011-02-22T12:53:43.206+00:002011-02-22T12:53:43.206+00:00I'm so pleased you have highlighted this very ...I'm so pleased you have highlighted this very real problem. I spent nine days in hospital last year and simply could not eat the food. I survived on sandwiches that were left over from supper that the night staff brought me in the early hours. My operation resulted in me being on medication that made me feel nauseous so it was doubly important I was offered food that tempted me to eat. What I got was exactly as shown in your pictures - absolutely disgusting. I have no doubt that this appalling lack of proper nutrition contributed to my being in hospital for nine days instead of the usual five - I simply could not get well. I've got to go in again shortly for the same procedure but this time I'm paying to have the operation done privately in a hospital where they have an excellent chef and the meals and drinks are designed to get you better quickly, not only because they are nutritious but because they greatly improve your general well-being by being absulutely deliious. Surely someone in power at some point has to wake up to the fact that good food equals quicker healing and therefore will ultimately save the NHS money. This isn't rocket science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-36088584874158786102011-02-22T09:20:32.077+00:002011-02-22T09:20:32.077+00:00WOW a truly excellent documentary. This took us ba...WOW a truly excellent documentary. This took us back to last year when my dear Mum was in hospital, she went unfed for nearly 2 days "as they were understaffed". We had to be there 24/7 to feed and clean the room. Yes, we complained on several occassions to "PALS", but without much success. We have videos of the state of the room and the food which was left over the other side of the room out of reach, left to go cold, until they got round to her. Utterly disgusted in the treatment with which she received while in hospital. I hasten to add she was aged 95 and was treated with utter disrespect.<br />So it is with my heart felt thanks that you are bringing the whole story to the fore.<br />thank youladyrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-75930655525740031632011-02-22T00:22:39.685+00:002011-02-22T00:22:39.685+00:00Excellent documentary - keep up the good work!Excellent documentary - keep up the good work!Cheryl Emmanuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-48771989604163544082011-02-21T22:00:00.193+00:002011-02-21T22:00:00.193+00:00A good idea would be to divert one of the Patient ...A good idea would be to divert one of the Patient FOOD “regeneration” trolleys to the staff dining room, and let them try to eat some of the food. I think that the standards would improve.<br />What was shown on the program is fact – and some I have seen was far worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-36924967467264160562011-02-21T21:52:01.090+00:002011-02-21T21:52:01.090+00:00After watching this program tonight, im not supris...After watching this program tonight, im not suprised one bit about the food that is served in most hospitals today.I worked as a NHS cook from 1988-2002 at a large psychiatric hospital(till it closed) We served quality food which was mainly fresh(even the staff canteen was served fillet steak)But after transfering to a small general hospital that was PFI funded,it didnt even have a kitchen!!! Like in the documentory Mark said that food was prepared, cooked & frozen in Wales then transfered across country(btw im in Leeds) then heated up in trolleys...it is a joke to see it and i shit you not that it was the first time i had ever seen frozen..yes frozen Gravy & Custard.I remember one xmas where there wasn't enough food on the site and some patients had salad for xmas dinner.I have now left the NHS,There's no jobs for cooks in my local trust because there isnt any kitchens to work in.It's a bloody disgrace,they know the price of everything and the value of nothing.AndyPhttp://exnhschef.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-18946106660846988212011-02-21T21:28:32.490+00:002011-02-21T21:28:32.490+00:00I'm watching the program, and i'm glad som...I'm watching the program, and i'm glad somewhere does very good food!!!karamellakittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665951275495879549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-11990207973094044392011-02-21T21:23:04.573+00:002011-02-21T21:23:04.573+00:00That meal is just horrible! I can't believe th...That meal is just horrible! I can't believe that anyone could serve anything so disgusting! Where i live, the hospital food is lovely, and it is an NHS hospital! I wouldn't eat that meal if i were starving, as it makes me feel sick just looking at it! How could that type of meal give anybody any satisfaction after being in surgery? Can you even call it a meal? If anybody knows what is supposed to be, please post!karamellakittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665951275495879549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-88451555789118870402011-02-21T21:00:34.854+00:002011-02-21T21:00:34.854+00:00Just watching yr prog.
Apply all your comments to...Just watching yr prog. <br />Apply all your comments to an NHS eating disorders unit which has just closed its kitchen and is now serving cooked chilled food. Patients are not allowed to recive food from outside and anyway and as they are "reluctant eaters" would not take it or ask for it anyway. Imagine the effect 12 months on cooked chilled slops for patients who are frail and very underweight (BMI 11) to start with. For these patients food IS their medicine - what sort of idiot Trust (CNWL) would impose this food on such a hospital, and what hope of recovery is there for the patients, who not only need calories and nutrition but who need to learn to love foodannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-12526552252972147282011-02-21T20:45:03.445+00:002011-02-21T20:45:03.445+00:00i had major bowel operation almost two years ago,m...i had major bowel operation almost two years ago,my first meal after my operation was a salad,and that had a rotten tomato in it,my consultant was furious that i had been given this,i ended up begging my consultant to let me come home only 3 days after my operation,as i could not stand being in there any longer.i had already lost over two stone prior to my operation,i went down to 6stone 3lbs ,it took me over a year to put the weight back on,i am limited to what i can eat now,due to removal of part of my bowel.mm77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-52500071304438748042011-02-21T20:39:16.411+00:002011-02-21T20:39:16.411+00:00Traction man! im just watching the dispatches prog...Traction man! im just watching the dispatches program on NHS food. Ive spent alot of time in various hospitals from london to cardiff and every one is the same when it comes to food standards. <br /><br />As you'd expect my appetite wasn't like normal during most stays, so its no wonder i'd loose weight or not eat too much. But i do remember many times when ive been on the up, feeling on the mend and wanting to eat and eat to get my energy up.. but i just cant get past about 3 mouthfulls of the processed stodge.<br /><br />Its a running joke on most wards as well as the familys of paients and I think its fantastic that you've had the smarts to get this going and get the issue noticed! <br /><br />MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-79671346177609513142011-02-21T20:35:55.292+00:002011-02-21T20:35:55.292+00:00Poole Hospital has never been good where food is c...Poole Hospital has never been good where food is concerned amongst other things. When I was in there last a sandwich I was given had bread so stale you could see it was grey and could at any time start to grow mould. Inside the 'salad' sandwich was one very limp lettuce leaf that looked as if it had been sat on the bottom of the fridge for two weeks.<br />I had to starve, there was no way I was eating that.<br /><br />That's not to mention being given a commode after a c-section smeared in someone else's excrement and when I finally made it to the loo's, there was blood all over the floors, toilet seats etc, it looked like they hadn't been cleaned in days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-21703676519588023172011-02-21T20:26:12.194+00:002011-02-21T20:26:12.194+00:00Hospital food shown on this blog and on the tv pro...Hospital food shown on this blog and on the tv prog I hope will make Sudexo cook meals better. At the end of the day if the hospital will only spent between £2.20 and £3.50 per day for 3 meals, tea & coffee the best you will ever get is pigs swill, It really is time our wonderful NHS got its act together, not only with the standard of meals but the care of patients who frequently end up with a a nice bowl of pig swill sitting at the foot of the bed out of reach. It aint good enough, and Sodexo and the hospital catering assoc need to stop the shit excuses and start addressing the problem!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01892726430847905328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-20440605749396867672011-02-21T20:21:30.328+00:002011-02-21T20:21:30.328+00:00My daughter is type 1 diabetic, she is on an insul...My daughter is type 1 diabetic, she is on an insulin pump. She has spent many periods in hospital, and while there I've had to bring all her food in. She is usually offered chips sausages . Pies etc, White bread sandwiches and other similar rubbish. I wouldn't feed the rubbish to my dogs. It's a disgrace. Let's get proper food cooked on site by chefs that give a damn. I wonder whose lining their pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-51627810689258488362011-02-21T20:18:13.663+00:002011-02-21T20:18:13.663+00:00I just heard on the program the food was made by S...I just heard on the program the food was made by Sodexo.No surprise there!<br />A couple of years ago I was at an Army camp in Folkstone,the food was that bad after the first day,we all ate from the NAAFI or take aways.(And we were eating in the Officers mess!)<br />You could have ran a car on the oil in the shepherds pie,the slop jockey behind the hotplate at breakfast leveled off the scoop of beans & scrambled egg (powdered) &,I kid you not here,split the meaty bit off the bacon & gave one of us the meat & the other the rindy bit!<br />We paid extra for other stuff like salad,tea & coffee ect & even that we had to ask for daily.<br />I & nearly every one else,suffered from indigestion & heartburn nearly every day.<br />The Gurkhas went into the camp after us & stayed one night & then left!mervyn7451https://www.blogger.com/profile/00643784324189314170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-48644621051641628732011-02-21T18:52:52.939+00:002011-02-21T18:52:52.939+00:00That is absolutely disgusting, makes me feel sick ...That is absolutely disgusting, makes me feel sick even looking at it. A big thumbs up to what your doing :)Naimahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835149968673235230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-54293546968226466532011-02-21T09:41:27.364+00:002011-02-21T09:41:27.364+00:00I would ask the nurse on call to taste it, serving...I would ask the nurse on call to taste it, serving up something that quite frankly looks like its been already eaten and spat back out again (probably doesnt taste much better either) is appalling and the NHS should be ashamed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-5556678035508129182011-02-20T10:21:05.833+00:002011-02-20T10:21:05.833+00:00Have you any experience of other healthcare system...Have you any experience of other healthcare systems? In Germany everyone is compelled to take out health insurance. Those without the means to pay for it have it paid for them by the government. Then each patients can access healthcare on their own terms. We don't necessarily need to have a monopoly state provider.Traction Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130413914192627361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-30273566320914101632011-02-20T09:59:26.515+00:002011-02-20T09:59:26.515+00:00I thought health care wasn't a marketable comm...I thought health care wasn't a marketable commodity?! Yet you're comparing tax contributions to the insurance of a car. Would you prefer to have all medical resources privatized so those who can't afford, simply have to go without? The NHS has such a tight budget. Perhaps the government should raise taxes even more to provide the better quality food you're proposing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835152205968344114.post-61614913082650571132011-02-19T14:23:08.481+00:002011-02-19T14:23:08.481+00:00Er... That's how insurance works! When you in...Er... That's how insurance works! When you insure your car you don't pay a premium equivalent to the price of the car, do you? Using your logic we would insure our cars and then accept a shoddy repair because we'd only paid a premium of a few hundred quid.Traction Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130413914192627361noreply@blogger.com