Patient Meal Services

We serve fresh and appetising hospital food that meets the full range of dietary needs.

Our NHS catering and hospital food services

Customised Menu Plans
Well-balanced menus are provided that are full of nutrients for all the dietary needs of your different patient groups, from paediatric to care of the elderly.
Nutritional Evaluation
All menus comply with national standards and are designed by healthcare clinical professionals to ensure our well-trained teams deliver optimal care.
Special Diets & Allergies
Catering to a wide range of dietary needs, we work closely with Trust dietitians and patients to provide any specialised needs as required.
Kitchen Management
Innovative and technological processes to manage your hospital kitchen to the highest standards of sustainability, cleanliness and infection control.
Sustainable meals by WasteWatch
In 2023, we expanded the use of WasteWatch, our food waste measurement system, to include both hospital retail and patient dining, helping save over 59,000kg of food waste across 55 sites.

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Increasing patient nutritional intake

We offer Mini Meals Extra which are packed with nutritional value and protein and suitable for patients with reduced appetites, who need to maintain or gain weight or those that need nourishment after treatment.

We also offer innovative finger foods that are beneficial for patients with dementia.

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Wastewatch: Reducing food waste

Sodexo prevented 4,000kg of food waste while maintaining 78% satisfaction rate with quality of food.

Read our case study to learn more about how we are reducing food waste.

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Improving patient nutrition meal by meal

We work alongside hospitals to improve patient experience, CQC inpatient survey scores for quality and choice, annual PLACE scores and CQC feedback.

Each hospital meal is developed by our dietitian and catering SME and complies with the British Dietetic Association Digest and Hospital Food Standards.

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Clienttestimonial

WasteWatch is making a big difference. The team have been more involved with the idea of food waste and have come up with their own ideas, and we’ve implemented them on a weekly basis.

David MoorhouseHead Chef, Nuffield Hospital, Leeds

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Sustainability

WasteWatch helps us drive down spoilage rates while any food that isn’t consumed is pulped before being converted to energy in an anaerobic digester.

Food waste reduction

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Responsible sourcing

We source and use local produce. If the food your patients need isn’t available locally, we plan sustainable food journeys via our DRIVE process.

More about responsible sourcing

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Customised Menu Plans

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Special Diets & Allergies

Kitchen Management

Sustainable meals by WasteWatch

Increasing patient nutritional intake

Our hospital food range

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