- FoI Number
- 2023-727
- Subject
- Hospital Food
- Date Received
- 22/02/2024
- Request and Response
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I would be grateful if you could provide information for each year in the last five-year period (from 2019/20) as it pertains to your health board:
- The total budget spent on food, as distinct from staffing, in each hospital in the board area.
Please note that NHS Shetland has one hospital, the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick.
2019/20 160,274
2020/21 134,880
2021/22 160,480
2022/23 177,364
2023/24 165,336 Month 1 to M10
- The total component of the food budget spent on fresh produce (fruits and vegetables) in each hospital in the board area.
2019/20 21,616 Fresh Grocery
2020/21 17,361 Fresh Grocery
2021/22 18,818 Fresh Grocery
2022/23 21,032 Fresh Grocery
2023/24 22,363 M1 to M10 Fresh Grocery
- The total budget spent on catering staff and kitchen maintenance, as distinct from food costs, in each hospital in the board area.
2019/20 427,852 Staff
2020/21 452,852 Staff
2021/22 467,631 Staff
2022/23 524,439 Staff
2023/24 469,888 M1 to M10 Staff
2019/20 1,535 Kitchen Maintenance
2020/21 5,978 Kitchen Maintenance
2021/22 1,284 Kitchen Maintenance
2022/23 3,865 Kitchen Maintenance
2023/24 2,599 M1 to M10 Kitchen Maintenance
- The number of FTE catering posts in each hospital in the board area.
11.68
- The number of vacancies in FTE catering posts in each hospital in the board area.
.77
- The approximate number of meals served at breakfast, lunchtime, and dinnertime in each hospital in the board area.
19/20 58902
20/21 71537
21/22 56260
22/23 69424
23/24 78591
- The number of complaints relating to hospital food and service received per week (on average) in each hospital in the board area.
Nil
