Spencer Private Hospital in Margate tops league table for quality of hospital food for second year running

Date: 02/09/2015

We are delighted to have been named in PLACE Survey as the best provider of hospital food nationally for the second year in a row. Outperforming all other hospitals across the NHS and Independent sector, Spencer Private Hospitals in Margate achieved a rating of 99.66% for the quality of its food. The next closest rating in Kent was 91.20%.

Di Daw, CEO at Spencer Private Hospitals, has said “To top the table for the second year in a row for the quality of our hospital food is something that we are very proud of. We have always placed patients at the centre of everything we do and the quality of food is as important to us as the quality of nursing care. We are passionate about giving our patients the best possible tools to help them recover and good nutrition is a vital part of this.

Released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) surveys use members of the public to help assess hospitals across 4 key areas: Cleanliness, Food, Privacy, dignity and wellbeing and Condition, appearance and Maintenance. Spencer Private Hospitals always performs exceptionally well in these assessments, achieving 100% for cleanliness again in 2015. In addition they received 100% in condition, appearance and maintenance.

Result for PLACE 2015 can be found here www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18042