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Patient Meal Services

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

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Our NHS catering and hospital food services

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    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. 
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    Nutritional Evaluation 

    All menus comply with national standards and are designed by healthcare clinical professionals to ensure our well-trained teams deliver optimal care. 
  • Plates of finger food and small portions

    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. 
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    Kitchen Management

    Innovative and technological processes to manage your hospital kitchen to the highest standards of sustainability, cleanliness and infection control.
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    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.

Wastewatch: Reducing food waste

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

Download our case study showing the results of our solution WasteWatch, introduced at our partnered North Devon District Hospital site in March 2021. 

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Client testimonial

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

1M+ 

Our WasteWatch programme has prevented food waste equivalent to 1,011,713 meals. 

59,000kg

Food waste prevented across 55 sites through WasteWatch.

78% 

Food quality satisfaction score in Sodexo’s 2023 patient surveys.  

Supporting net zero and sustainability 

For over 10 years, we’ve been making catering sustainable by reducing waste, choosing energy-efficient cooking options, locally sourcing ingredients. 

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Sustainability 

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