Sunderland Royal Hospital - nutrition and hydration patient feedback
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The South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust asked Healthwatch South Tyneside and Healthwatch Sunderland to obtain patient feedback that could aid the development of improvements of both nutrition and hydration and overall mealtime experiences for patients. They visited two hospitals, speaking to 16 patients.
Most had been on the ward for up to three weeks. There were high levels of satisfaction with the meals and the amount of food and drink provided. Half said they could get food outside hospital mealtimes. Most felt there was plenty of choice and two thirds felt the food met their dietary needs. However, 25% of patients informed that the food available wasn’t always suitable for their dietary requirements and some of the comments received mentioned food being served as unhealthy or not meeting their needs as a diabetic
Four out of five didn’t need help to eat and drink. Half were encouraged to wash their hands before mealtimes.