Hospital Food

[tiggerblue10]

http://news.uk.msn.com/in-pictures/images-of-the-worst-hospital-food#image=1

What is your experience of hospital food?

On the 3 occasions in my life I have had to stay in an NHS hospital it has been pretty grim. I'm not usually fussed when it comes to food and will normally eat anything and everything but the food in hospital did not taste right and looked very un-appetising, very similar to the photos in the link.

The private hospital I stayed in many years ago wasn't much better.

[paddywak]

In the 70's I spent quite a lot of time in hospital following an accident at the pit and to put it politely the food was rubbish the only good thing about it was the portions were that small you didn't have to suffer it for long.I think if it hadn't been for family and friends bringing me goodies I'd have wasted away.

[Maydup]

Of all the places on the planet, shouldn't we expect reasonably healthy food from a UK hospital? It's beyond me why its so difficult. Our speed of recovering so often depends on us being able to get back to a normal well balanced diet, yet we have to rely on friends and family to bring fresh food into us. I just about managed a small jacket potato with cheese when I was in hospital, but the was no hope of a little bit of side salad for it. And for those on restricted diets, its almost impossible. Nothing low fat, low sugar or low or high fibre. In this day and age they should set the example.

[Maydup]

Nothings's changed paddy, in fact they're still rewarming the same old pot of mash they served to you!

[EcclesCake]

No 25 looks like it has been eaten once before!

I remember ordering roast beef and being served mince and mash.

[tiggerblue10]

8, 12 and 25 do not look fit for human consumption. Or animal consumption for that matter. Actually, that all look gross.

[EcclesCake]

That was cruel Tigger, I had to go back to look at 8&12......shudder....

[tiggerblue10]

Sorry Eccles, made ya look again! Lol

[jourdain2]

I've just had to spend a week in hospital in Poitiers. Medical care was great, but almost all of the food was completely inedible. I lost weight. Remember, I had to pay 'Hospitalier' fees (not cheap) for my plates of uneaten food. How about a bowl of dry, raw, sliced radish (no dressing of any sort) offered as a starter? So, France is no better. Re. UK - James Martin went into Scarborough hospital (it was a series on TV) and transformed the catering - even covered the cost of doing so by improved practice.

[Jeza]

You should have seen the food served to Mic. I took loads of stuff in for him to eat. I asked could I use their microwave to heat it up. NO was the answer, so he ate it cold.

[ummmm]

Did the canteen not have a microwave, Jeza? My local hospital does.

[Mamyalynne]

My experiences have largely been , small portions and blandness - our large hospital has a good reputation for their food.

[Jeza]

Only if you bought the food there umm. Which was pies, sausage rolls and the like. I was taking in proper dinners.

[EcclesCake]

Did you not try a wide necked Thermos Jeza? They are a great way of having a hot meal in my experience.

[Daffy6543]

I had lung surgery 10 years ago and was in hospital for two weeks in total, I lost a stone in weight the food was so sparse and horrible. I only weighed 8st when I went in so I was pretty fragile afterwards.

[FrogNog]

Last time I was in it was for 8 days and while the food was not haute cuisine, it was edible and there was enough of it.

[marval]

I spent three weeks in hospital a long time ago. The food was dire, died eggs for breakfast and tasteless muck the rest of the time. There was always a rush for a salad.

[cecil39]

when I was last in hospital I was on a pureed diet, I was presented with something that looked like a cow pat on a plate, as an insulin dependant diabetic I had to eat it as I had already had my injection, and there was nothing else for me, it was foul, after three days of this I could not even put my spoon in it let alone eat it, I went hypo, the Doctor raised hell when he saw what I had on my plate and things did improve a bit, but I went home very underweight.

[dance2trance]

Horrifyingly bad I feared for my life at Royal Sussex Brighton. It was like slum food during the War - or as I imagine it was! More nutrition in an old boot on a tramp's foot.

[tamborine]

They could make a fortune on slimming diets ;)

My OH had fab meals, huge crispy cod and chips, shepherds pie, macaroni cheese, spag bol & gorgeous puds. He was too fussy & only eats steak but I had a feast ;)

I did take his steak in.