This menu has been designed to help you make a suitable meal choice outside of regular mealtimes. You can order from this menu if you:
- are a new patient or have transferred from another ward at a mealtime
- were Nil By Mouth but can now eat and drink and haven’t ordered a meal
- have missed a mealtime due to a visit or procedure
- have additional nutritional needs
To order a meal, the ward staff or housekeeper can contact the catering/reception team on extension 52805 or bleep 2805 (Bleep up to 19:30pm).
If you have a special diet requirement a selection of meals are available. Please inform your nurse or ward host who will contact the above team for suitable choices.
7am till 7:30pm – full flexible dining menu available
7.30pm till midnight – main meals and sandwiches available.
Midnight till 7am – sandwiches are available.
Main menu
- Sausage and mash in onion gravy with peas (renal)
- Chicken Curry with yellow rice (high energy, each chew, renal)
- Chilli Con Carne with rice, peas and sweetcorn (healthy option, Gluten free, renal)
- Beef Casserole with mash potato and carrots (gluten free, renal)
- Meatballs and pasta (high energy, renal)
- Smoked haddock with boiled potato and carrots (easy chew, renal)
- Sweet and sour chicken with white rice with red pepper and peas (healthy option, gluten free, renal)
- Macaroni cheese with carrots and green beans (high energy, vegetarian, renal)
- Cheese and tomato omelette with potato wedges, peas and carrots (vegetarian, gluten free)
- Vegetable curry with yellow rice and onion bhaji (vegan)
Sandwiches
A daily selection of sandwiches is available on white or wholemeal bread. Sandwiches are available for the full 24 hours.
Salad
- Cheese (vegetarian)
- Egg (healthy option, vegetarian, renal)
- Ham (healthy option, renal)
- Tuna Mayonnaise (healthy option, renal)
Salads available all day until 7.30pm
Desserts
- Jam sponge with custard (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Tinned fruit in juice (healthy option, vegan)
- Thick and creamy yoghurt (healthy option, vegetarian)
- Lemon sponge with custard (vegetarian, renal, easy chew)
- Chocolate cake (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian)
- Reduced sugar jelly (healthy option, easy chew, renal)
- Ice cream (healthy option, easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Sticky toffee pudding with custard (high energy, vegetarian, renal)
- Rice pudding (healthy option, easy chew, vegetarian, renal, gluten free)
- Strawberry trifle (easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Fresh fruit (vegan)
Desserts are available until 7:30pm
Missing a meal?
If you have been admitted to the ward after lunch or evening meal orders have been taken, we can still offer you a range of hot meals or snacks. Please speak to your ward housekeeper or nurse.
Allergy information
If you have a food allergy or intolerance, please advise your nurse on admission and always inform your ward catering team before you place a meal order. Our catering team will check the ingredients of the food item or meal to allow you to make an informed choice. We also have an Allergy Aware Menu which
contains dishes prepared free from: cereals containing gluten, celery, egg, fish, milk (and other dairy products), molluscs, mustard, nuts, peanuts, crustaceans, lupins, soya, sulphites and sesame.
Fish bones
Although every care has been taken to remove fish bones from our fish dishes, some may
remain. Therefore, please take care when consuming fish dishes.
Your feedback is important to us
We will ask if you would like to complete a short survey about your experience, to help us review and improve our patient catering services. If you have any feedback or queries during your stay, please speak to a nurse or your housekeeper.