Patient Menus

Patients are offered 3 meals a day and a range of biscuits are available on the ward to offer as snacks with the beverage service's between meals.

Breakfast

Items are available on the ward consisting of a selection of porridge, cereals, white and wholemeal bread with spread and a selection of preserves.

Lunch

We provide a three course ‘bistro’ style service offering a starter of fruit juice or soup, followed by a selection of individual meals with hot and cold options such as jacket potato with fillings, side salads selections, sandwiches, complete salad meals, omelettes and daily hot options such as fish cake, pies and vegan slices. Dessert at lunch includes a selection of ice cream, cakes with or without custard, fresh fruit, yogurt and cheese and crackers.

Evening Meal

The evening meal is a two course meal with a choice of four hot options (including a vegetarian or vegan choice) with a selection of potatoes and vegetables to accompany the meal. The desserts offer a hot pudding with custard, a hot milk pudding, fresh fruit and yogurts or scones.

The menu includes a fish and chips supper on Friday and a ‘take away’ theme on Saturday evening which alternates between curry and oriental styles and a Sunday roast.

We have a children’s a la carté menu which is offered as an alternative to the main daily core menu. This menu has choices that have been selected by children on the wards as being staple home favourites.

There is a finger foods menu which is aimed at supporting patients in the short & longer term who have dexterity issues in using cutlery but would benefit from being empowered to be able to self feed. All items on this menu are intended to be able to be consumed without needing to use cutlery. There are hot and cold options and the hot items have been selected to still be palatable even if cooled with slower eaters. Although most suitable for patients with dementia, it is also highly suitable for adults and children with a range of other clinical needs.

We have a range of Texture Modified Menus for patients with clinically diagnosed Dysphagia. These meet the International Descriptors for Dysphagia diets.

Additional Menus

  • Kosher Menu
  • African Caribbean
  • Multi Cultural Menu

Gluten Free (No Gluten Containing Ingredients)
Vegan Menu

  • Low Potassium Menu
  • Low Potassium Kosher Menu
  • Low Potassium Multi-Cultural Menu
  • Low Potassium African Caribbean Menu

There is a Red Tray Higher Energy Snack Menu for afternoon and evening snacks available for patients who have a MUST score of 1 or above and require additional nutritional intake, these patients will also have their meals served on a Red Tray.

Patients on the Older Adult wards are all offered two higher energy snacks per day. Patients can also choose a mid afternoon and evening snack of their choice from the appropriate menu if indicated (eg. textured modified, finger foods) or from the Higher Energy snack menu.

For those patients who are not on clinically indicated higher energy snack requirements, snacks are provided in the form of a variety of biscuits which are offered with the mid morning, mid afternoon and evening beverage services.

A missed meal comprising of orange juice, a choice of meat, fish or cheese sandwich and a fromage frais, fruit and cake is available as a meal replacement and can be ordered for a patient (adult or child) who has been admitted to a ward but missed a meal as a result of a late admission or as consequence of clinical treatment.

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