Stoke & Staffordshire:
Patient Lee West was so fed up of hospital food he had a pizza delivered to his ward.
The 35-year-old, pictured, was admitted to Ward 19 at the North Staffs Royal Infirmary, suffering from severe back pain on September 25.
Until he was discharged on Wednesday, he was served a cold breakfast and a cooked lunch, which he says were passable, but his problem lay with the evening meals.
Mr West, of Churchfields Avenue, Dresden, said: “On the evening menu, you get a choice of two different types of sandwiches. Usually one of them was a processed cheese sandwich, then a packet of crisps, piece of fruit or a yoghurt. That’s not a proper evening meal for an adult.”
When Mr West complained to catering staff on the ward, he was told meal choices were out of their hands and down to food supplier Sodexo.
After the firm began its contract with the University Hospital of North Staffordshire last August, many patients complained about the quality of the food, which is cooked in South Wales and driven to Hartshill.