Post by kickingfrog on Feb 9, 2011 11:10:47 GMT
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In NHS hospitals, UK
Extract from G Jacob email (GF board) posted on there by Cassie.
...if an individual is undergoing a planned admission to hospital, then a
telephone call to the Catering Manager giving details of the date of
admission will allow him/her to ensure, in consultation with dietitians,
that an appropriate menu is available from the outset. I know that all
catering managers are keenly aware of their responsibilities - the links
between nutrition and health are well established and are of particular
importance in a hospital setting where inadequate or inappropriate foods
can have a negative impact on such things as speed of recovery, and can
result in considerable, and avoidable, increases in the costs of care
through increased need for drug therapies.
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Experiences of coeliacs in NHS hospitals
From the experiences of a member of my family, don't get admitted to the John Radcliffe in Oxford, and DEFINITELY not on a Friday, because your nearest GF meal is likely to be the following Monday. The Churchill Hospital in Oxford takes a more constructive attitude, but the Friday rule still applies.
Stevw on GF booard
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Posted by Jackie Mum of twins on GF board
Yeah! Sasha and Beckie had to go to John Radcliffe in Oxford for their biopsies. Sasha was already having lots of symptoms and problems with hypos due to the lack of absorption of food, so as soon as the biopsy was done we were going to switch her to a GF diet. After the biopsy the only thing we were offered was toast made with "normal bread". They didn’t have anything GF.
It was the same with the other twin, Beckie, even though we knew then that it was almost certain Beckie had coeliac too. They didn’t do the biopsies at the same time but several months apart!
When we have been admitted to Cheltenham hospital we are only OK if the children’s dietician is about.
As the twins have asthma and diabetes there are usually a couple of emergency admissions a year at least. As you say. It’s no good being ill at a weekend!!
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Posted by Carol T on GF board
While visiting my Father in our local hospital I looked at the menu choice card he'd been given. No mention of Gluten Free on there. !!!!!!!
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The situation I was describing is worse than that - in simple terms if you are admitted to a bed on a Friday you will be offered whatever selected by the person who occupied the bed before you, whatever your dietary requirements.
It depends on your dietary requirements how easy it is to solve this.
Steve GF board
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In NHS hospitals, UK
Extract from G Jacob email (GF board) posted on there by Cassie.
...if an individual is undergoing a planned admission to hospital, then a
telephone call to the Catering Manager giving details of the date of
admission will allow him/her to ensure, in consultation with dietitians,
that an appropriate menu is available from the outset. I know that all
catering managers are keenly aware of their responsibilities - the links
between nutrition and health are well established and are of particular
importance in a hospital setting where inadequate or inappropriate foods
can have a negative impact on such things as speed of recovery, and can
result in considerable, and avoidable, increases in the costs of care
through increased need for drug therapies.
***************
Experiences of coeliacs in NHS hospitals
From the experiences of a member of my family, don't get admitted to the John Radcliffe in Oxford, and DEFINITELY not on a Friday, because your nearest GF meal is likely to be the following Monday. The Churchill Hospital in Oxford takes a more constructive attitude, but the Friday rule still applies.
Stevw on GF booard
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Posted by Jackie Mum of twins on GF board
Yeah! Sasha and Beckie had to go to John Radcliffe in Oxford for their biopsies. Sasha was already having lots of symptoms and problems with hypos due to the lack of absorption of food, so as soon as the biopsy was done we were going to switch her to a GF diet. After the biopsy the only thing we were offered was toast made with "normal bread". They didn’t have anything GF.
It was the same with the other twin, Beckie, even though we knew then that it was almost certain Beckie had coeliac too. They didn’t do the biopsies at the same time but several months apart!
When we have been admitted to Cheltenham hospital we are only OK if the children’s dietician is about.
As the twins have asthma and diabetes there are usually a couple of emergency admissions a year at least. As you say. It’s no good being ill at a weekend!!
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Posted by Carol T on GF board
While visiting my Father in our local hospital I looked at the menu choice card he'd been given. No mention of Gluten Free on there. !!!!!!!
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The situation I was describing is worse than that - in simple terms if you are admitted to a bed on a Friday you will be offered whatever selected by the person who occupied the bed before you, whatever your dietary requirements.
It depends on your dietary requirements how easy it is to solve this.
Steve GF board
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