Agenda item

9.1

The Committee received a report on the work of the Nutrition and Hydration in Hospitals Working Group, which had been established by this Committee, in November 2012, to look at the quality of food in the City’s hospitals, as well as the support that people got to eat and drink whilst they were in hospital.  Attached at Appendix A, was the final draft report of the Working Group, containing its draft findings and recommendations following the work it had undertaken.

9.2

Councillor Garry Weatherall, Chair of the Working Group, reported briefly on the work undertaken, and expressed his thanks and appreciation to those members of staff of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who had reported to the Working Group, and the staff and management of the Services and Wards at the Northern General Hospital for accommodating the Working Group on its visits.  Councillor Weatherall confirmed that 77 volunteers, across eight Wards, who had been recruited to assist with mealtimes, had been in place since February 2013.

9.3

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)       notes and welcomes the report now submitted, together with the draft findings and recommendations of the Nutrition and Hydration in Hospitals Working Group;

(b)       requests that its thanks be conveyed to members of staff of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who had reported to the Working Group, and the staff and management of the Services and Wards at the Northern General Hospital, for accommodating the Working Group on its visits; and

(c)        approves the recommendations set out in Section 4 of the report now submitted.