This is the report of an independent committee, chaired by Lady Margaret McCarthy, which undertook the review at the invitation of the Hospital Caterers' Association and with the support of a grant from the King's Fund. The committee was asked to investigate and report on the perceived needs of patients ...
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.
This booklet gives recipes for `light diets' for patients in general hospitals and stresses that those responsible for the catering should plan menus for light diets with as much, if not more, care than for full diets.
This booklet gives recipes for 'light diets' for patients in hospital and stresses that those responsible for catering should plan menus for light diets with as much, if not more, care than for full diets.
This circular covers a study which has gone into the preparation of costed menus. These menus are intended as a guide to hospitals in deciding on the standard of feeding that can be expected in relation to the sum of money made available for the purchase of provisions. THey have ...
This is a report from the Fund's Committee on Hospital Diet, who carried on the work of the original sub-committee who had produced the original memorandum on hospital diet. It is clear from the information gained by the Committee that, in many hospitals, those responsible for feeding the patients and ...
In 1943 the Fund published a memorandum on hospital diet. It aroused wide interest not only in hospital circles but elsewhere. The demand for copies and the large volume of correspondence that the memorandum produced gave clear indications that the subject was causing many people considerable anxiety. The need for ...