A survey was undertaken to examine the cost of the catering service provided in small hospitals where catering staff costs were considered to be high. The hospitals surveyed were : Cambourne-Redruth hospital; Penrice hospital; St Austell district hospital and for each hospital the salaries and wages expenditure, and the provisions ...
This document considers various administrative aspects of catering for the staff working in a hospital, and in particular the following issues: decentralised or centralised dining areas; standards of the menus; payment for meals; and the planning of a restaurant.
This paper was prepared in November 1962 for the Management Committee of the Mid Herts Hospital Group to give guidance on the operational policy for the new Queen Elizabeth II Hospital. Although much of the detail in the policy will only apply to this particular hospital, the general principles would ...