For each of the hospitals your trust runs, please can you tell me the following, preferably broken down by hospital if this is possible. If not, the overall Trust figures would be great.
1) Do you have vending machines selling chocolate or sweets in portions larger than 250g per item?
The vending machines are stocked and managed by an external company and we have been working with them to reduce the size of the chocolate bars, high fat, high sugar products etc. there are no chocolate bars or sweets that exceed 250gms. The existing vending contract has been reviewed and new machines will replace the existing ones which will display all the relevant product information and meet the requirements of the CQUIN.
2) Do you have any fast food chains in your trust, such as Burger King, Costa Coffee, Starbucks, pizza chains, Subway, Pret or Greggs? Please list.
There are no fast food establishments operating on any of the Trust sites. However, as part of the PFI agreement at Heartlands Hospital the restaurant in the main entrance is run by an external contract which incorporates a coffee shop serving Starbucks coffee.
The Trust runs coffee shops at Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals and serves Costa Coffee under the ‘Proud to Serve’ flag but they are not Costa Coffee stores. In addition to this WH Smith are operating on Good Hope and Solihull sites and Marks & Spencer, Simply Food, has recently opened at Heartlands Hospital. The RVS run a small coffee shop on the Good Hope site
3) If YES, will these chains meet the NHS England health eating targets set for March 2017?
It is anticipated that above retail units will achieve the targets required for March 2017
4) If they will not meet the healthy eating targets, please explain how they have failed to meet them, including details.
These issues will be identified during the audit
5) What action will be taken after March 2017 on food outlets that fail to comply?
Audits will be carried out across all retail units to identify the level of compliance and detailed action plans will be requested that identify how the non compliant issues will be addressed.
