In this article I write about the quality, or lack of it, in the food that is served in some of the UK hospitals. My nan has recently died in hospital which has been very upsetting for my family. She was hit by one of the famous hospital bugs and became very weak. She was in need of some decent food which would have helped to build up her strength. To her disgust the food that she was given was so tasteless she could not believe it, in the end she would have rather not eaten anything than that pile of rubbish.
Despite many attempts by various members of the family to nag her to eat more, she could not stomach it and kept saying that it the food had no taste and that it was disgusting. I have to admit that it was not exactly tempting when I saw what was being dished out.
I do not work within a hospital and I never have done. I personally sell cheap holidays and I also work within the business cost reduction specialist and DVD duplication sectors.
In the UK we are very lucky in the standard of our hospitals when you compare it to many other countries in the world. Our country is very rich but a lot of this cash is being wasted on certain projects. Surely people in our hospitals deserve a much higher standard of food, food which they can look forward to eat.
I have recently watched a program about how Jamie Oliver is trying to improve the standard of food in schools throughout the UK. I have to say top marks to this project as I am very much aware of just how bad the food that is served in schools can be (I am the father of two children).
At the schools where my own children attend, the parents have the option of paying for these meals or they can make their child a packed lunch. We choose the packed lunch option.
In hospitals there is no such option. I would have loved to have been able to cook some food for my nan, which I could then have taken to her when I visited. This may seem rather funny when I write it however I can assure you that I am by no means joking – I also wanted to take bleach to give the place a good clean – it sure was a surprise to me how dirty the whole place was.
A message to Jamie Oliver, you are doing a sterling job but please could you turn your attention to the hospitals next!
I am not trying to say that my nan would have survived if the standard of food had been better in the hospital where she spent her final days. What I am trying to say is that I hope it improves in a big way before I have to spend any time there.
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