23.10.08
More hospital stuff
Well doesn’t the NHS seem to be in the news this week?
Another story on the beeb about how bad hospital canteens are.
So canteens are rubbish and have no healthy food.
About 6 years ago (so I have no clue if this criticism is still true, but I would expect so) I used to work at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester which for those who don’t know is a cardiac speciality unit. In other words people come from all over the country (in some cases) to get top heart work done.
As a group, us physios used to go to the canteen on our Fridays for lunch. Every week we used to fill in one of their feedback forms with comments along the lines of
“This is a cardiac health centre - why is sausage and chips £1 but a salad big enough for half a person £2?”
The canteen never even condescended to give us a reply. We must have sent over 50 of them in.
Tsk.
LP said,
October 24, 2008 at 11:23 am
They’re closing down the canteen at the hospital round the corner from my office. It’s a shame really, as they serve the best Full English within walking distance, and it’s under £3.50 including a mug of tea.
I’ve never seen a patient in there though, their custom seems to mostly be hospital porters, policemen, builders and hungry sysadmins.