With the growing acceptance that nurses should be relieved of non-nursing duties an increasing number of central plate and tray services are being considered by Hospital Management Committees. One such service is the Regethermic system, an innovation from France. The King's Fund was asked to promote an experiment with the ...
This report considers whether or not the Royal Northern Hospital should introduce a central plate system for meal distribution or continue with a tray service of meal delivery. It describes the current methods of food delivery and makes some recommendations.