‘Grim’ fish and chip supper at London hospital is compared to a dog’s dinner as shocking dishes served to NHS patients continue to go viral

A man was left fuming after his sister was served up a ‘grim’ fish and chip supper at a London hospital which social media users lambasted as not being fit to ‘feed to their dog’.

The shocking meal was served up at University Hospital Lewisham last week and consisted of a plate of fish and chips alongside some mushy peas and vegetables.

Andy Newson took to social media to share the shocking image, which quickly went  viral, and pondered what the CEO of the local NHS trust was having for their lunch.

Left frustrated at the standard being offered to his sister, Andy told followers that he will share her meals daily in the ‘hope something might change for the better’.

An image of the food shared online shows a soggy breaded fishcake, with handful of dehydrated chips, next to disheartening helping of sloppy mushed peas and vegetables. 

While there is protein on the plate, the vegetables leave little to be desired as the string green beans look to have seen better days.

The addition of a watery puddle of peas further adds to the feeling of the meal being somewhat lacklustre for a patient in hospital.

Additionally for a dessert, an orange has been provided alongside a tiny container of orange juice.

This isn’t the first time photos of shocking meals have been uploaded onto social media, with images of unappetising food dished up for those recovering in hospitals. 

One woman was left furious after her elderly father was served a ‘disgusting’ lunch while receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow in February.

A photo of the revolting meal was posted on social media by the woman, known only as Lara, showing a plate of four measly potatoes with an unappetising slice of turkey sat in a puddle of watery gravy.

At the same state-of-the-art hospital, which was opened by late Queen in 2015, an outraged social media user complained that it was serving food that may as well be ‘at the bottom of my compost bin’.

One patient at the flagship hospital told how they were served ‘congealed mac and cheese’ and ‘cold soggy chips’.

The photo they shared of their meal was deemed ‘potentially sensitive content’ by X, formerly known as Twitter, and its viewing was restricted.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has insisted that it is committed to providing ‘fresh, healthy and appetising’ meals but admitted that this plate of food had ‘fallen below the standards’.

Readers have previously shared images with the MailOnline of some of the appauling meals being served in British hospitals, including an orange that had gone partly black, an ‘unidentifiable’ pie and millionaire shortbread which was ‘hard as a brick’.

And at Salford Hospital, one patient was served five croquettes and what appeared to be some form of mushed up pie.

A horrific looking bangers and mash with soup combo was served to one man in Basingstoke Hospital which his daughter compared to poo.

The sausage was very long and wrapped around itself three times and was a very unappealing brown colour.

There was also one scoop of mash served in a pool of translucent water gravy with a takeaway container of vegetable soup.

Lara branded the hospital meal a ‘disgrace’ and made an emotional post online that was met with support from thousands of social media users.

Andy was left feeling that the meal wasn’t quite to the standards that many might expect of hospital food and took to social media to share his thoughts.

He wrote: ‘Day two in Lewisham Hospital and it’s fish and chips Friday for my sister, I wonder what the CEO of the trust is having for lunch today.

‘I’ve decided to tweet this every day in the hope something might change for the better.’

His post received over 7,000 likes with thousands of comments from social media users who were left riled by the standard of food being offered up in British hospitals.

One said: ‘I am in Salford Royal and had exactly the same meal myself yesterday, couldn’t eat it.’

Another added: ‘That’s not good, my hospital food was way better, I mean it’s never going to be amazing, wait why? Why can’t it be amazing? Food is essential to health.’

A third commented: ‘I wouldn’t feed that to my dog.’

Another remarked: ‘That is grim.’

Dietician Dr Carrie Ruxton warned that patients served poor quality meals in hospital face a slower recovery, which in turn could put extra pressure on already stretched NHS budgets.

 She added: ‘Appetite is typically worse in hospital due to pain, fear or medication. Meals can be missed because of fasting for operations, tests or ward rounds.’

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust have been contacted for comment.