Hospital catering compliance software
Hospital catering serves patients with complex medical dietary needs at enormous scale. Paddl helps maintain food safety and nutritional accuracy across every ward.
Paddl is food safety and compliance software for UK hospital and healthcare catering: HACCP at production scale, allergen and medical diet records, temperature and cleaning checks on the app, COSHH, equipment, training and audit-ready documentation, priced per site.
Sound familiar?
Every hospital operator knows these headaches
Medical dietary requirements
Renal diets, diabetic menus, texture-modified foods, and post-surgical nutrition. Each patient may have unique dietary requirements that change daily based on clinical needs.
Patient safety is paramount
For immunocompromised patients, food safety is a clinical safety issue. Contamination or wrong diets can directly impact patient outcomes and recovery.
Massive scale, individual needs
Producing thousands of meals daily while tracking individual patient requirements. Batch production and individual customisation seem contradictory - your systems must bridge the gap.
Clinical team coordination
Dietitians, nursing staff, and catering teams must coordinate dietary information. Communication gaps between clinical and catering can compromise patient nutrition.
Purpose-built for hospital catering operations
Paddl understands that hospital catering sits at the intersection of food safety and clinical care. Digital compliance that serves both requirements.
Clinical HACCP Plans
AI-generated HACCP plans covering hospital-specific CCPs including therapeutic diet preparation, ward-level service temperatures, and immunocompromised patient protocols.
Medical Diet Allergen Tracking
Track all 14 UK allergens alongside medical dietary requirements. Ensure therapeutic diets respect allergen restrictions and texture modifications simultaneously.
Large-Scale Temperature Monitoring
Digital temperature monitoring for production kitchens, regeneration ovens, ward trolleys, and patient-level service. Full chain of custody from kitchen to bedside.
Staff Training & Competency
Track food hygiene training, allergen awareness, medical diet competencies, and infection control training. Manage large catering teams across shifts and departments.
SFBB & Food Safety Management
Digital food safety management documentation at the scale hospitals need. Covers production, distribution, regeneration, and ward-level service.
Equipment Management
Track maintenance for industrial production equipment, regeneration ovens, trolleys, and ward-level service equipment. Prevent failures that disrupt patient meal service.
Cleaning & Infection Control
Digital cleaning records aligned with NHS infection control standards. Enhanced protocols during outbreaks with full audit trail.
Supplier & Procurement Records
Full supplier management for hospital food procurement. Delivery checks, traceability records, and compliance documentation for NHS supply chain requirements.
What hospitals get from Paddl
Key features for hospitals
Common questions about hospitals
What food safety compliance do hospitals need?
Hospital catering requires HACCP plans, allergen management, temperature monitoring across production and distribution, staff training records, cleaning and infection control documentation, equipment maintenance records, and supplier traceability. Paddl manages all of these digitally.
How does Paddl handle medical dietary requirements?
Paddl tracks dietary requirements alongside allergen information, ensuring therapeutic diets (renal, diabetic, texture-modified) respect allergen restrictions. Changes in patient dietary needs can be updated and communicated to kitchen staff digitally.
Can Paddl scale for large hospital catering operations?
Yes. Paddl is designed for multi-site, multi-department operations. Hospital catering teams managing thousands of meals daily can use centralised templates with department-level customisation.
Does Paddl integrate with NHS infection control procedures?
Paddl's cleaning and hygiene records can be configured to align with NHS infection control standards, including enhanced cleaning protocols during outbreaks and full audit trails for compliance reporting.
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