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Hospital Food (FM Company Mitie)

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MikeyBikey

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After another disappointing lunch (tough chicken and roasties {both dry fluffy and tasteless with lumps}) I wanted to ask if anybody else had experienced Mitie's hospital food? I have lost weight and really need to eat more but find their offerings. unpalatable. I asked if I could have a cheese sandwich (their offering is two slices basic white with two processes cheese) but wos told No it came with a roll (fluffy cheap white). ☹️ This morning I really fancied scrambled egg, two Cumberland sausages, tinned tomatoes, mushrooms and NAS beans. Instead it was a choice cereal or cold toast!

Anyone else endured Mitie catering?
 
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Urghhh.... that food sounds disgusting @MikeyBikey no wonder you are losing weight. Are you back in hospital again or did you not get discharged and still in the same ward? Apologies if that sounds a bit intrusive.
Is there someone who could bring you some edible food in?
Sending hugs :care:<3 and hoping you are well enough to go home soon
 
Oh dear @MikeyBikey - this sounds less than ideal when you really need to be building your strength back up, and others will need to be being offered things that are nutritious and appealing even if they are feeling a bit off their food.

When my Jane was in hospital for a spell at the start of her illness, I’d make special emergency trips to the M&S food shop on the ground floor of the hospital for supplies. :(
 
When I was in hospital having my knee op there were some chaps in a ward just opposite my room who had ordered in take away that was delivered by Diliveroo, they were very rowdy playing loud music.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Oh dear @MikeyBikey - this sounds less than ideal when you really need to be building your strength back up, and others will need to be being offered things that are nutritious and appealing even if they are feeling a bit off their food.

When my Jane was in hospital for a spell at the start of her illness, I’d make special emergency trips to the M&S food shop on the ground floor of the hospital for supplies. :(
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This reminds me of when my late mother was in hospital and the catering outsourced to Ali Baba (and the Forte..). I was critical of what Mum was served one lunchtime they brought someone up from the kitchen (serving roo where they apportioned the bulk delivered <name for rubbish food>. I asked them how they expected elderly frail people to eat chicken nuggets that I at 15 stone could not cut upp with the utensils provided! No sensible answer was given. And the outsourcing trend continues...

Most evenings I would grab her a Waitrose sandwich and snack. They were literally a lifesaver. Sadly I have no-one who can do the same for me. ☹️
 
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Hi @MikeyBikey
Mitie is one of those companies that is all things to all people and chase government type contracts offering the cheapest price to do the job, as most do.

What I would do, is to go onto their web site (catering) complain in a polite way and invite their CEO/FD/MD to join you for lunch/dinner, these people don't like complains directed at them and may well act in some way. Don't bother with the minions on the ground floor as they are just doing a job as instructed by above
 
Mitie's coffee is much better than their food, or at least it used be where I worked in London.
 
JimmyBlue said:
Mitie's coffee is much better than their food, or at least it used be where I worked in London.
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They run the coffee shops for this Trust. My sister used it the first time she visited but now used Costs on the way back! :rofl:
 
MikeyBikey said:
This reminds me of when my late mother was in hospital and the catering outsourced to Ali Baba (and the Forte..). I was critical of what Mum was served one lunchtime they brought someone up from the kitchen (serving roo where they apportioned the bulk delivered <name for rubbish food>. I asked them how they expected elderly frail people to eat chicken nuggets that I at 15 stone could not cut upp with the utensils provided! No sensible answer was given. And the outsourcing trend continues...

Most evenings I would grab her a Waitrose sandwich and snack. They were literally a lifesaver. Sadly I have no-one who can do the same for me. ☹️
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I bet if you tell (or remind) us which hospital you're in, there'll be no shortage of volunteers on here to smuggle food in for you!
 
Off to a good start! I said there was no nutritional value on the menu yesterday, and lo and behold they gave me a breakdown on all meals today
It makes for interesting reading. For instance the carbs nearly halve when you have macaroni cheese compared to pasta in a tomato sauce but the fat sky rockets!
 
MikeyBikey said:
Off to a good start! I said there was no nutritional value on the menu yesterday, and lo and behold they gave me a breakdown on all meals today
It makes for interesting reading. For instance the carbs nearly halve when you have macaroni cheese compared to pasta in a tomato sauce but the fat sky rockets!
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To be honest; you say you need to eat more, so perhaps for a short while, just get the calories in by whatever means seems more flavourful.

I know we all have things we want or haver to focus upon, and let's face it, one might have hoped they'd have realised that nutrition is one of the keys to recovery, but sometimes, we just have to do what we have to do.

Were I close, I'd bring you something decent.
 
The food was really quite good when I had my cancer surgery. BUT, it is made in the hospital and not out sourced.
As an aside, I also thought that if I opened my bowels, got out of bed and had something to eat I could go home. Doesn't quite work like that in ITU!
 
AndBreathe said:
To be honest; you say you need to eat more, so perhaps for a short while, just get the calories in by whatever means seems more flavourful.

I know we all have things we want or haver to focus upon, and let's face it, one might have hoped they'd have realised that nutrition is one of the keys to recovery, but sometimes, we just have to do what we have to do.

Were I close, I'd bring you something decent.
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When I was in hospital a few years ago after a bad bike crash, I was looking through the menu for low-calorie options. However, a Nurse said that the trauma of my injuries would cause me to lose weight and that I'd need to take in as many calories as I could manage: she was right!
 
CliffH said:
When I was in hospital a few years ago after a bad bike crash, I was looking through the menu for low-calorie options. However, a Nurse said that the trauma of my injuries would cause me to lose weight and that I'd need to take in as many calories as I could manage: she was right!
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When I had some slice and dice on my boobie (OK, TMI), that got a bit complicated afterwards, I lost weight. The ANP I was seeing for wound management told me to eat up, but to expect it to take a few months to regain the couple of kilos I had lost.

She was right.

(A couple of kilos doesn't sound much, but I'm a small, slight person of 48kg, when well, so a couple of kilos matter when it's downwards.)
 
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