Food allergy sufferers don't trust hospitals to keep them safe

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Sarah Chapman ate a dry jacket potato for 10 days after she was offered food that she was allergic too in hospital – she isn’t alone 🔵 hannahfearn speaks to food allergy sufferers who don't trust hospitals to keep them safe

set out a list of recommendations, including a series of eight national standards for quality and delivery. That included new training on allergies for catering, nursing and ward staff and the introduction of digital menus to support people with allergies or other medically restricted diets during their stay in hospital.

Sarah Chapman and the creamy soup she was served in hospital, which she feared would trigger her dairy allergy “Another day I asked, ‘Does this soup contain dairy? She said no, but she didn’t even look. When it turned up it looked creamy, so I just didn’t bother with that. Sometimes it’s much easier to skip a meal and call someone to bring you food [from outside the hospital].”she did manage to eat – most were nothing more than dry baked potatoes with no topping and sides, or dry toast. “If you went down to the staff canteen there would be allergy books. Staff can get safe meals, but patients can’t.

 

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hannahfearn Misinformation right here

hannahfearn This story was taken from another journalist and is not accurate and it's misleading. Please remove it or kindly get it touch with Anita herself.

hannahfearn I am quoted in this story and wish for it to be removed as this has been done without my consent

hannahfearn I have heard worrying things about people with severe gluten reactions, really should be known and catered for. Jacket potato not enough protein for recovery!! Was thankful for a decent GF selection for my Mum at Glenfield hospital

hannahfearn Great piece hannahfearn. 🙌When my coeliac son went in for an operation a few years ago we were told to bring in our own food for him. Something very wrong when people with food allergies can eat more safely in PizzaExpress and NandosUK than in a hospital!

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