tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post5921862053106841439..comments2024-03-28T09:16:33.241+00:00Comments on Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Hospital Food CAN Improve - Here's HowSue Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849801822216267250noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-86925097933932836552021-12-03T09:43:57.968+00:002021-12-03T09:43:57.968+00:00Thanks for sharing all this information in blog an...Thanks for sharing all this information in blog and really loved this blog . I wrote a blog for <a href="https:https://herbalbio-tech.com/product/goat-milk-powder/" rel="nofollow">goat milk powder for pets</a> please check it out .Fedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000003697880574754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-78394734738141043402021-09-13T13:31:18.192+01:002021-09-13T13:31:18.192+01:00This is a great idea to share your blogs with us b...This is a great idea to share your blogs with us because your Article helps us to learn so many things through your blogs. <br /><a href="https://hainanmedikament.com/product/anhydrous-glucose-dextrose-powder/" rel="nofollow">glucose dextrose powder</a>Biginmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167957285536507020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-34746110537893742292021-06-05T11:18:08.676+01:002021-06-05T11:18:08.676+01:00
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1) nursing and medical staff already ...A few points<br />1) nursing and medical staff already have plenty of training around the importance of good nutrition etc...problem is with the supply chain. we cannot give what is not there and believe me, its not true lack of complaining. Culture in the NHS is to ignore comments from clinical staff as we are just a bunch of slackers.<br />2) Lots of hospitals that were modernised during the 1980s no longer have kitchens<br />3) few clinical staff have the time (or the money) to eat in the staff canteen. At my trust a hot meal for lunch and dinner (14 hour shift) even if I had the time, would cost me £10 a day. Sandwiches are not much cheaper. I bring food from home and heat in in the microwave- then let it go cold as I rarely have the time to eat it.<br />4) I'm not sure how Addenbrookes improved so much, as I have never worked there. At a trust not far from me, the food improved drastically when they started cooking on-site again. However this co-incided with a "vacancy control" policy on HCA and housekeeper/portering posts. They also closed 2 wards...coincidence? I think not.<br />5)Although the film was informative, I felt it was misleading in some parts...the tea party in sisters office and the rehab unit for stroke patients....nice to see in action but this would never be possible on an acute ward...enough staff nurses and HCAs plus a SALT and dietician around at mealtimes???? Certainly not on any acute ward I have dealings with.<br />6) Obviously there are links between poor nutrition and poor healing, infection etc etc...this has been known for a very long time. Problem with socialised medicine is that the amount of money is finite...we already have a situation where patients are ending up in the ICU due to lack of nurses on the wards, at a cost of thousands per day....if this is being ignored then I doubt that anyone will listen to similar stories about nutrition. <br />7) Most hospitals budget for around £2-50 per patient per day for three meals. In the US this is around £10 and in Germany around £12...the difference? Food is not free in these countries.<br />I could go on, but its just too depressing. A friend recently had elective surgery in a private hospital...the NHS paid as she was over the 18 week target. She asked for a copy of the bill...food was charged at £25 per day.Dino-nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032700219601293612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-91945435389904918362011-02-22T18:48:59.443+00:002011-02-22T18:48:59.443+00:00I want your hospital!
Last time I was in overnigh...I want your hospital!<br /><br />Last time I was in overnight I was in surgery through lunch and dinner. I arrived back in the ward just as the remnants of dinner were being taken away. I was desperately hungry, but the staff couldn't find anything for me to eat. Eventually they found me a sandwich. I had no choice of filling as they only had one, and it was about a third of what I actually needed to eat. <br /><br />I am a diabetic, and needless to say, I had a hypo in the night. I had hypoglycaemia, in a hospital bed, and all they could find me was some cornflakes and a "fruit pot." They couldn't even make me some toast like they could a few years ago.<br /><br />That was a most unpleasant experience.Latentexistencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117818225124379975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-71760494051743417892011-02-22T14:53:48.954+00:002011-02-22T14:53:48.954+00:00As a vegan (who has been pretty lucky in avoiding ...As a vegan (who has been pretty lucky in avoiding hospitals so far, touch wood), I have often heard that some hospitals are much better than others at catering for particular requirements. Some sound great. <br /><br />Others, well, did you see the episode of "Come Dine with Me" where there was a guest with gluten intolerance who was just told to "eat round" the offending items? The host or hostess just made no effort at all. And there is no guarantee that fools like that would be denied a job in catering.<br /><br />One of my family members is a chef (and a meat eater) and he takes great pride in his inability to be phased by herbivores or diabetic Muslims or gluten-free orthodox Jews or, well, he can cater for pretty much anyone. For him, it is very much a matter of professional pride.Vanilla Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946634138308342764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-4790778696653089242011-02-22T13:16:27.878+00:002011-02-22T13:16:27.878+00:00It is astonishing that people get iller and even d...It is astonishing that people get iller and even die from poor food and hygiene in our hospitals. These are elemental basics of care you would think got sorted out in the Victorian Age. But the astonishing thing is it does happen, especially with the elderly. Thanks for raising this important issue further.Stephen Wigmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604582974059809054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-30355354695144707322011-02-22T12:11:07.712+00:002011-02-22T12:11:07.712+00:00One of the things that helped improve food quality...One of the things that helped improve food quality at my local hospital was when staff canteen kitchens and menus were the same for patients. If you had Doctors and nurses grumbling the kitchen staff whether in house or outsourced took notice.Peter Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968117590907413290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-49153131063950910762011-02-22T12:01:06.798+00:002011-02-22T12:01:06.798+00:00Until our public sector comprehends food is part o...Until our public sector comprehends food is part of the health equation there will be little mass change. <br /><br />Would it not be sensible for all our medical students to undertake significant nutritionist training? <br /><br />Maybe our cabinet should then be fed the food from a hospital of my choice for a month just to see the health implications?Tom Beestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430693622860047985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568034298343558962.post-43286437579663923972011-02-22T11:20:43.167+00:002011-02-22T11:20:43.167+00:00In order to change the food in kitchens there has ...In order to change the food in kitchens there has to be a desire to change - and there is none. Until enough people complain nothing will happen, but because the majority of service users are elderly, there is a trend to accept the unacceptable. <br /><br />How sad that we treat people this way<br /><br />Read my blog at http://bit.ly/eLwJ9Tacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662388248618213315noreply@blogger.com