Food service type (site-level information Site information (Answer Y/N) – excluding breakfast) select ONE option – Does the site provide on-site car only from below parking facilities for staff, patients and/or visitors? a) Cook serve food prepared in an Does the site have internal areas – on-site kitchen for immediate (corridors, stairwells etc)? Only those service (i.e. not subsequently small community based units which chilled or frozen) clearly do not have such areas should answer No b) Delivered meals food is produced Does the site have external areas – off-site whether by a commercial or (gardens etc)? Only those small an NHS organisation (including community based units which clearly another hospital within the same do not have substantial external trust) and delivered to the hospital areas should answer No either chilled or frozen for reheating/ regeneration. This option applied where protein (meat/fish etc) is delivered and accompaniments (vegetables) are prepared on-site c) On-site central production food is – produced on-site but is then either chilled or frozen for reheating/ regeneration d) Fully self-catered - this option should be selected where patients buy and cook food themselves (including where staff assist them) and where all patient meals (excluding breakfast) are provided through this method e) Partly self-catered - this option should be selected where patients buy and cook food themselves (including where staff assist them) but this method applies to only ONE of the main meals whether that be the midday or evening meal and excluding breakfast. f) Clinical exceptions this option – should only be selected where all food, for all patients for the entirety of their stay is on a medically prescribed basis (e.g. tube fed, enterally and parenterally fed)
Food service type (site-level information – excluding breakfast) – select ONE option only from below Site information (Answer Y/N) Does the site provide on-site car parking facilities for staff, patients and/or visitors? a) Cook serve – food prepared in an on-site kitchen for immediate service (i.e. not subsequently chilled or frozen) Does the site have internal areas (corridors, stairwells etc)? Only those small community based units which clearly do not have such areas should answer No b) Delivered meals – food is produced off-site whether by a commercial or an NHS organisation (including another hospital within the same trust) and delivered to the hospital either chilled or frozen for reheating/ regeneration. This option applied where protein (meat/fish etc) is delivered and accompaniments (vegetables) are prepared on-site Does the site have external areas (gardens etc)? Only those small community based units which clearly do not have substantial external areas should answer No c) On-site central production – food is produced on-site but is then either chilled or frozen for reheating/ regeneration d) Fully self-catered - this option should be selected where patients buy and cook food themselves (including where staff assist them) and where all patient meals (excluding breakfast) are provided through this method e) Partly self-catered - this option should be selected where patients buy and cook food themselves (including where staff assist them) but this method applies to only ONE of the main meals whether that be the midday or evening meal and excluding breakfast. f) Clinical exceptions – this option should only be selected where all food, for all patients for the entirety of their stay is on a medically prescribed basis (e.g. tube fed, enterally and parenterally fed)