Critical care menu James Cook University Hospital
Meal times
- Breakfast served 7am to 8.30am
- Lunch served 12pm to 1pm
- Evening meal served 5pm to 6pm
Drinks
Drinks will be offered to you throughout the day:
- Milk
- Coffee
- Tea
- Squash
- Hot chocolate
- Malted milk
Decaffeinated and non-dairy milk options are available on request
Hydration is essential to your well-being. Your water jug will be refreshed twice a day; if you need a top up or new jug please ask your ward host or nurse for assistance.
Snacks
- Fresh fruit (healthy option, vegetarian)
- Biscuits (vegetarian, Renal)
- Yoghurt (easy chew, vegetarian, Renal)
- Hi-cal jelly (easy chew, high energy, Renal)
- Complan mousse (high energy, easy chew, Renal)
- Cheese and crackers (vegetarian, Renal) (supper only)
- Cake slice (vegetarian, Renal)
Snacks are served with your mid-morning, mid-afternoon and supper drink.
Breakfast
Cereals
With regular or alternative milk available:
- Cornflakes (renal)
- Branflakes (vegan)
- Rice Krispies (renal)
- Weetabix (easy chew, renal, vegan)
- Porridge (easy chew, renal)
All cereal options are vegetarian
Bread or toast
With butter or sunflower spread and a selection of jams and marmalade:
- White Bread
- Wholemeal Bread
All options are vegetarian and renal
Yogurt
- Thick and creamy yogurt (easy chew, Vegetarian, renal)
Fruit
- Fresh fruit (vegetarian)
STARTERS
- Cheesy leek and potato soup (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian)
- Pea and ham soup (high energy)
- Apple or orange juice (healthy option, easy chew, vegetarian, vegan)
- Lentil and tomato soup (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian)
- Chicken soup (high energy, easy chew)
- Bread roll (vegetarian, vegan, renal) white or wholemeal options served with butter (vegetarian) or sunflower spread (vegetarian, vegan)
Main meals
- Vegetable curry with yellow rice and an onion bhaji (healthy option, vegetarian, vegan, renal)
- Cheese and tomato omelette with fried diced potatoes and mixed vegetables (high energy, vegetarian, renal)
- Chicken curry with yellow rice (high energy, renal)
- Chicken in gravy with a pork sausage, roast potatoes, gravy, sprouts and mashed carrots (renal)
- Sausages and mash with peas and onion gravy (renal)
- Chilli con carne with rice, peas and sweetcorn (renal)
- Mediterranean vegetable pasta in a tomato and basil sauce (healthy option, vegetarian, vegan)
- Sweet and sour chicken with rice and mixed vegetables (renal)
- Smoked haddock in cheese and chive Sauce with boiled potatoes and carrots (easy chew)
- Meatballs and pasta in a tomato and basil sauce (high energy, easy chew, renal)
- Beef casserole with mashed potato and carrots (renal)
- Savoury minced beef and dumplings with mashed potato, carrots and broccoli (high energy, renal)
Mini meals extra
These meals are extra nourishing as they are higher in calories and protein.
- Salmon bake (high energy, renal)
- Beef Stroganoff (high energy, renal)
- Cheese and potato bake (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Macaroni cheese (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
Sandwiches
A daily selection of sandwiches is available on white bread or wholemeal bread. Please ask your Ward housekeeper for details.
Jacket potatoes
Served with butter or sunflower spread.
- Tuna Mayo (high energy)
- Baked Beans (vegetarian)
- Cheese (high energy, vegetarian)
- Plain (healthy option, vegetarian, vegan)
Omelettes
- Plain (vegetarian, health option, renal)
- Cheese (vegetarian, renal)
Sides
- Bread roll (Vegetarian) white or wholemeal
- Coleslaw (high energy, vegetarian)
- Side salad (healthy option, vegetarian)
- A selection of condiments, butter or sunflower spread are available.
Hot desserts
- Apple crumble (high energy, vegetarian, vegan, renal)
- Plum and cherry Crumble (high energy, vegetarian, vegan, renal)
- Jam sponge (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Lemon Sponge (high energy, easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Stewed apple and custard (healthy option, easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Rice pudding (easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Custard (easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
Cold desserts
- Thick and Creamy Yogurt (easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Ice Cream (easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Chocolate Dessert Pot (easy chew, vegetarian)
- Chocolate Éclair (vegetarian)
- Strawberry Trifle (easy chew, vegetarian, renal)
- Tinned Fruit in Juice (healthy option, vegetarian, vegan, renal)
- Fresh Fruit
- Apple (healthy option, vegetarian, vegan, renal)
- Banana (healthy option, easy chew, vegetarian, vegan)
- HiCal Jelly (high energy, easy chew, renal) Reduced sugar alternative available
Your ward catering team
Your ward catering team are here to help. Please let them know if you have any special requirements. Your ward host will take your lunch order after breakfast and your evening meal order after lunch.
Additional menus
We have the following alternative menus available should you require them:
- Allergy Aware
- Gluten Free
- Low Fibre
- Modified Texture
- Finger Foods Extra Nourishing
- Vegan
- Renal
- World Food and Halal
Missing a meal?
If you have been admitted to the ward after lunch or evening meal orders have been taken, we can still offer you a range of hot meals or snacks. Please speak to your ward host or nurse.
Allergy information
If you have a food allergy or intolerance, please advise your nurse on admission and always inform your ward catering team before you place a meal order. Our catering team will check the ingredients of the food item or meal to allow you to make an informed choice.
We also have an Allergy Aware Menu which contains dishes prepared free from: cereals containing gluten, celery, egg, fish, milk (and other dairy products), molluscs, mustard, nuts, peanuts, crustaceans, lupins, soya, sulphites and sesame.
Fish bones
Although every care has been taken to remove fish bones from our fish dishes, some may remain. Therefore, please take care when consuming fish dishes.
Your feedback is important to us
We will ask if you would like to complete a short survey about your experience, to help us review and improve our patient catering services. If you have any feedback or queries during your stay, please speak to a nurse or your ward host