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Patient mealtime provisions over the festive period

December 18, 2024

During the festive period, our catering team are working hard to ensure that all patients and their meals are catered for.

Those patients who are with us on Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day) and are at MMUH, Rowley, City Health Campus and Birmingham Midland Eye Centre, will be able to order their meal via the menu on the iPad as normal from 2pm on Tuesday 24 December (Christmas Eve) until 7am on Wednesday 25 December.

Leasowes will be able to order their food from the iPad menu from Sunday 22 December until 8am on Monday 23 December for meals on Monday 23 December and on Christmas Day.

Then, from midnight on Monday 23 December until 8am on Wednesday 24 December (Christmas Eve) for Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day) and Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day)

For other dates outside those times, please continue using the menu iPads as normal.

Ward issue will be delivered on Friday 27 December instead of Thursday 26 December, back-up ward issue stock will be held in the hub kitchens, which can be made available on request.

On Christmas Day, patients will have the choice of:

  • At breakfast – a continental breakfast plus Ready Brek will be offered,
  • Lunchtime – hot lunch service where normal patient menus including therapeutic diets will be offered with the addition of traditional Christmas Roast Turkey, Christmas pudding and brandy sauce.
  • Dinner time – cold supper service consisting of soup, a selection of sandwiches, jacket potatoes and cold desserts plus therapeutic diets will be available.
  • Snacks – additional snacks will be provided throughout the day.

On Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, patients will be offered the normal patient menu.