After your baby is born – mealtimes

Mealtimes

Meals will be provided while you are staying on the ward, if you have an allergy, additional dietary requirements or are diabetic, please let the midwife caring for you know as soon as possible so your meals can be ordered in time.

Our mealtimes are:

• Breakfast: 7am – 8am                                Cereal and toast
• Lunch: 12noon – 1pm                                 Hot meal
• Dinner: 5pm – 6pm                                    Jacket potato and sandwiches

The food trolley location is shown on our postnatal ward video tour, you can fetch your meal, or your birth partner can on your behalf. If you need assistance to fetch your meal, the staff on the ward are happy to help with this. After your meal, your tray will be collected from your bed space.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the facility to heat up your own food or store it. However, you are welcome to bring in snacks. Additional food such as fruit or sandwiches can be provided between mealtimes if required – please ask your midwife.

Please help yourself to hot drinks from our drinks trolley and cold water is available from the water dispenser.

Additional food and drink facilities

Hospital restaurant

The hospital has a restaurant on the lower ground floor (level 0). It is open from 8am – 6pm, Monday – Friday; and 8am – 12pm on weekends.

There are also vending machines outside the restaurant and in the corridor at the main entrance.

RVS shop

There is a small shop in the main entrance area of the hospital. It is open 8.30am – 5pm from Monday -Thursday; 8.30am – 4pm on Friday; and 9.30am – 3pm on weekends.

Costa Coffee

There is a Costa Coffee outlet in the main entrance area of the hospital. It is open from 7am – 6pm on weekdays and 9am – 5pm on weekends.

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