Nine NHS hospitals adopt Sophie’s Legacy pilots to feed parents staying overnight
Sophie was diagnosed with cancer in September 2020 and passed away in September 2021 aged ten.
Sophie was diagnosed with cancer in September 2020 and passed away in September 2021 aged ten.
The announcement, which was made during Nutrition & Hydration Week (13-20th March), aims to help boost staff morale, improve their wellbeing and enhance the quality of patient care.
Within the public sector almost three billion meals are served each year to people in schools, hospitals, universities, prisons, care homes and the Armed Forces.
The event, which was held at First Choice’s Cannock head office and development kitchens, attracted catering managers from NHS Hospital Trusts in Kings Lynn, Sheffield, Oswestry and Milton Keynes,
This is part of the work that the Love British Food Hospitals Working Group is leading to ‘inspire’ Trusts to promote British food on their menus year-round.
In November 2021 Neely started a campaign called @NoHungryStaff on social media to gain support for more 24/7 food in the NHS particularly for staff working long shifts out-of-hours.
The branch theme of ‘The Voice of Hospital Caterers’ is both a call to action for HCA members and a re-assurance that catering teams are the ‘experts’ on the s
Free hot drinks and toast or a cereal bar are being offered to all 16,000 staff across both hospitals as well as a subsidised hot meal for £1.50.
Jim Richardson and Ronnie Parrett-Harris talked to the pupils about their careers in hospital catering as part of a project designed to show youngsters the wide range of careers available to them i
The 14 attendees were served steamplicity meals, which uses an ‘innovative’ cooking system to cook fresh and raw ingredients in minutes.