The kitchen, where meals for Salford Royal’s in-patients are prepared, has been given a five – the first time it has received the top rating.
Sodexo became involved in August, after Salford City Council’s environmental health officers had carried out a routine inspection in the patient kitchen and found that standards were well below what they should be.
Although the kitchen was safe, inspectors recorded numerous flaws in food hygiene policy documentation and operational processes and gave the kitchen a rating of one.
The Trust immediately took steps to review and change its practices and enlisted the assistance of Sodexo for specialist catering expertise.
When environmental health inspectors visited the Trust on Wednesday (17 December), they discovered that significant improvements had been made and lifted the kitchen’s rating from one to five.
Simon Scrivens, managing director of Sodexo Healthcare, said: “We were delighted to be able to help the Trust to bring their facilities not only up to standard, but achieve the highest rating in the recent inspection report. Our team has worked very hard in partnership with the patient catering team to earn this excellent result, and we look forward to continuing to maintain these high standards.”