Hospital Kitchen Catering Equipment

KitchenFM at the Alexandra Hospital

PKL supplied the Alexandra Hospital in Worcestershire with a complete catering estate with the capability to provide up to 4 million meals per year. The hospital was supplied through PKL's KitchenFM - a turnkey service offering an attractive, cost effective alternative to buying catering equipment. The tailor-made kitchens were up and running just six weeks after the initial order.

With PKL installing, managing and maintaining the catering estate at the Alexandra, the Trust management are free to concentrate on the day-to-day running of the hospital and focus on looking after patients.

Through KitchenFM, catering equipment is supplied capital free, with the hospital paying a fixed, off-balance-sheet monthly payment. The catering equipment was supplied by PKL direct to the NHS trust and was delivered and installed within 6 weeks of receiving the initial order.

The contract is in place for a initial period of five years during which time PKL will maintain, supply and, where needed, upgrade all the catering equipment supplied.

The contract also includes the buy back of existing equipment on the site, which has either been incorporated into the new equipment portfolio or taken back to PKL to be repaired or used for spares.

"As the Trust Catering Manager responsible for a cook chill/freeze production unit I am convinced that it was the correct decision to have made this agreement. It gives me a single contact number for repairs, which normally results in a first fix, which is essential in ensuring the continuity of production and supply."

Neil Watson-Jones, Trust Catering Manager, Alexandra and Kidderminster Hospitals