The menu was pants at the hospital I was at - for lunch only vegetarian thing with no potato was 'really cheesy cauliflower'. Dinner was equally bad.
If they had said, 'here is free menu, here is £20 menu with restaurant quality food', I would have given them £20.
The bed was uncomfortable, it was noisy, it was too light, it was too hot with the window closed and too cold with it open, there was no duvet only a sheet and a thin blanket, and the door didn't lock so anyone could walk in. And they did walk in, to take blood pressure, blood sugar, what insulin was I on, how much, to pester me about what did I want to eat, had I decided what I wanted to eat yet, etc etc. The toilets were dirty.
I ran away when they said I would have to wait 6 hrs for a CT scan. I couldn't last that long without sleep. Paying to have it done somewhere nice now.
I really see the point of private medical insurance now.
Surely the NHS could save/make money by saying 'here is the cr*p free stuff, pay £X to get this nice room and nice bed and food etc'. I don't expect the NHS to provide those things for free, as they are not vital, but if I am sleeping somewhere I would happily pay hotel prices to get hotel quality accommodation.