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  • pollypenny
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    I had good food while I was in hospital in the summer. Porridge for breakfast, brown or white toast.

    I am vegetarian and have to admit, the main meals were a bit dull, but nutritious .
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  • margaretclare
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    pollypenny wrote: »
    I had good food while I was in hospital in the summer. Porridge for breakfast, brown or white toast.

    I am vegetarian and have to admit, the main meals were a bit dull, but nutritious .

    We used to make porridge on the ward when I was a student nurse, but I've never had it on any of the occasions over the last 10 years or so when I've been a patient in the local NHS hospital. I don't think they make toast either. It has usually been the little packets of breakfast cereal, most of which I wouldn't eat because they're too full of sugar. Being offered one of those little packets, plus a slice of white bread, wasn't very appetising.
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  • Errata
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    I can't complain about the food I was served during my two and half weeks in hospital last summer. White or brown bread toast, porridge, cereal, salads, pasta dishes, kept the wolf away from the door. But .......there's always a but .................hospital tea and coffee are utterly, utterly evil.:rotfl:
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  • Mrs_Ryan
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    I know what hospital tea is like that's why I refused to drink it :rotfl: I even brought my own bottled water as I had been pre-warned before going into that hospital not to drink the water - all I drank was my own M&S orange squash with bottled water and the orange Fanta Mum brought me when I had a bad craving for it :D There was one or two of the nurses surprised I didnt drink tea or coffee and they kept asking me was I sure I didnt want one but I was happy with my squash.
    We have porridge on our ward for our patients, I wouldnt have minded some when I was in hospital but Mum brought me a box of Special K. I didnt eat the bread at any point either!! I was in hospital for a week so it wasnt easy but I think I was luckier than some.. I was quite fortunate in the ward I was on had an open kitchen for the ladies and we could help ourselves to snacks whenever - we had a toaster which is unusual as in the hospital I work in it isnt allowed. We had a fridge as well where we could keep food and a nice little dining area to eat our meals in.
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  • mumps
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    My daughter was in for surgery when she was 18. Her maxillo facial surgeon (is that how you spell it?) gave me instructions for cleaning wounds etc and asked me to make sure I was there do it 3 times a day. I went in for the start of daytime visiting and went through the routine, then did it again just before I went home. Back in the evening and did it at the end of visiting. I also took food in for her, her surgery made it hard for her to eat a normal diet and the only thing they seemed to be able to offer her was mashed banana. I was allowed to use the kitchen on the ward. The results were fantastic and her surgeon was great but the level of care was appalling. I had surgery in the same hospital a couple of years earlier and son was in the same ward as her about three years later. We both had excellent care. I don't know why it was so different. My husband was allowed to take me off the ward in a wheelchair and some days he took me to the hospital restaurant for a nice meal. Very romantic!
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  • nuttyp
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    When our DD had spinal surgery the hospital she was in had a small kitchen just for the patients. I remember after 5 days in intensive care she asked for mashed potatoe and gravey at 1 in the morning. A chef arrived from the private section of the hospital with a tray. On the tray was fresh mashed potatoe, not smash and a gravey boat with thick beef gravy. He said for the children department that she was on, they did this for special cases.

    To see her eat after such a long time was great. We also took in ice pops as drinking was a problem too. We left loads behind for the other patients on the ward.
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  • In Spain it is expected and encouraged that family will be there 24/7 for the patient and when my husband had an operation in Granada, I stayed with him and was given a reclining chair and a blanket for overnight.

    He was mobile and could feed himself, but from what I saw of the standard of care, if he could not and I was not there, he would have been cared for.

    The food was bland but edible and the portions were huge, in fact there was enough for me to share with him :)

    The consultant came to see him every day and his wound was kept clean and dressed. He was kept in until the wound was well on the way to healing.

    He had a single ensuite room and in fact the most beds I saw in a room was four.

    This was Spanish NHS, not private.

    However, they pay a lot more NI than we do, especially if they are self-employed. But nevertheless, the standard is to be applauded. It does go to show however that relatives helping is not something our Government has just dreamed up.

    When both our elderly parents went into hospital in the UK, they both came out suffering from malnutrition. My m-i-l also had another stroke whilst she was in hospital and no-one noticed until we visited her and pointed it out to them:eek:. When my husband was in hospital in the UK, and had an operation, he was sent home with the would still bleeding and told nothing about how to care for it, was given no advice or medication, no district nurse was ever sent to tend his wounds, we just had to manage as best we could.

    I think they should employ healthcare assistants to feed and toilet the patients who are unable, then they will not be paying a nurse's salary for doing so.
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  • margaretclare
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    There is very little liaison between the district nursing service and the hospital. DH has had district nurses, the most recently when he had spinal surgery last May. They are lovely people, but I've heard them say that they often don't get the right information.
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  • Errata
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    There is very little liaison between the district nursing service and the hospital
    For your area, perhaps, other areas may be different. Mine certainly is.
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