Patient Mealtimes

Breakfast Service
Patients have a choice of fruit juices, cereals/porridge, and toast/bread with butter/low fat spread and preserves.

Lunch Service
Includes fresh homemade soup prepared daily. A hot lunch is served with fresh vegetables and potatoes. A lighter option of salad or a sandwich is available. All of our desserts are baked fresh on the day.

Evening Tea Service
Hot food option of the day, scrambled egg or a freshly made salad or a sandwich.

Special Diets

We were one of the first hospital catering departments to introduce special modified meal systems.

Where patients require modified texture diets, all levels are provided as per IDDSI guidelines. These meals are nutritionally enhanced to ensure increased protein intake.

Special/modified diets are catered for at all meal services.

Our Aims

We are dedicated to providing the highest quality food and service to all our patients and staff. We provide meal choices that you enjoy, ensuring they are delivered at the right time and served in a friendly and efficient manner.

Our menus are designed to provide a variety of food options that cater to all tastes, including those of ethnic minorities.

We strive to serve meals in the shortest possible time to maintain quality presentation and taste.

We understand that being a patient in the hospital and adhering to set meal times can be challenging. You may feel unwell or be away from your ward during meal times. So, we will do our best to make your dining experience as comfortable as possible.

Patient Feedback

We would love to hear your thoughts on our food and meal service, whether positive or negative. If you have any comments, please share them with the catering staff or management. Comment cards are available from the Catering Department.

Healthy Eating Awards

The Catering Department has been awarded the Happy Heart Award (Gold Standard) in our staff dining room.

Staff Dining Room (Level 1)

Opening Times (available Monday to Sunday)

Breakfast: 8.00am -11.30am

Hot Breakfast (Monday to Friday only): 9.30am-11.00am

Lunch: 12.45 – 2.45pm

Tea, Coffee & Snacks available from the staff dining room on level 1 from 2.45 – 5.00pm daily.

Out of hours

An out of hours catering service is available via a food vending machine in the open area adjacent to the Oratory on level 2.

This food vending machine is located in the middle of the site to make it more accessible to all staff out of hours.

This machine is stocked on a daily basis with snacks, sandwiches & meals from the daily staff menu.

There are also snacks & cold drinks available from this location.

A hot beverage vending machine/cutlery/microwave/condiments are all available out of hours in the staff dining area on level 1.

Doctors on call rooms are supplied with tea/coffee daily.