Patient Meals

Patients are served three meals a day – breakfast, lunch and supper – and a choice of hot and cold drinks throughout the day.

The food served at meal times is prepared as part of the Cook Chill system, which is adopted by 35% of Trusts across the country. Meals are prepared off site, chilled to a low temperature and transported to the kitchens at Queen Alexandra Hospital. The meals are then assembled and taken to the patient. The food is heated when it arrives at the ward and served immediately to the patient. This means the food does not loose its temperature or nutrition while being transported to the ward. We believe this system is the best and most nutritional way of serving our patients their meals.

Fresh foods, such as salads are prepared on site and special menus are available to patients with specific dietary needs.

Between the hours of 7am and 7pm toast can be provided by the housekeeper on request.

We try to make the menus as varied as possible to suit all tastes. If you have any questions about the food served to you, please speak to the nurse in charge of your ward.

To see examples of the food served to patients please click on the links below.

• Patient Menu
  
• Vegan Menu
  
• Gluten Free Menu

The Trust’s patient meals have received some positive coverage in The News. Click on the documents on the right of this page to see the featured article.