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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lovinglife" data-source="post: 115426" data-attributes="member: 22428">Understand your frustration at the food you were offered and yes it doesn’t sound a healthy option  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> but I think it needs to be looked at in perspective, - it was a day ward where you would only be eating one snack meal – in the big scheme of things it wasn’t going to do much harm and the meal on this ward will probably be a generic meal unless you had very specific dietary requirements such a celiac etc.There is as many diabetic diets as there are diabetics! You only have to read this forum to see we all eat differentlyEVERYONE in a hospital will have different reasons for eating different things be it choice, likes and dislikes, allergies etc etc – it is impossible to cater for every individual When I was in hospital for a week last June out of an 8-bedder ward 3 others were T2 all with good control and all ate completely differently (all of us were in for emergencies not related to our diabetes)The hospital food was fantastic and very good – there was a diabetic choice, which I very much relied on as I was diagnosed with diabetes during that stay, ok it may be not what I would eat normally now but it was still adequate and would be again.When I did a stint in hospital catering many moons ago they get very little budget to provide 3 meals a day – can’t remember exactly but now I suppose it would equate to about £35 a week – don’t know if it’s the same now – and of course being the NHS whatever the personal knowledge and views of the catering team/dietician/advisors and of course patients they still have to conform to the healthy plate!As a side note - on the ward I was on we had to sign a waver if friends and family were bringing in food as in the past one old dear had almost killed herself with food poisioning after her daughter had brought her in a prawn sandwich and she didn't eat it until over 12 hours later - had kept it in her locker next to the lovely warm panel heating :roll:</blockquote>

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