Rest areas and hot food

Hot and cold food provision

Where to get hot and cold food

King's Mill Hospital

Daffodil Café, ground floor (opposite the Clinics)
- Open Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm, serving serves cold food including sandwiches, crisps, confectionary and hot and cold drinks. There is also seating available.

Costa (ground floor)
- Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 5pm
- Monday to Thursday (only), 8.30pm to 6am
- Saturday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm

WH Smiths and Marks & Spencer’s (ground floor opposite Costa)
- Serving cold food, snacks and drinks, microwave meals are available. Opening times do vary.

Spice of Life Restaurant Level 6
- Serving breakfast 8am to 11am, and lunch 12noon to 3pm.

Deli Marche Level 6, Kings Mill open 24/7- accessed with access badge
The Deli Marche vending machine serving hot food 24/7 is now available
Fruit and vegetable stall
- Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, early morning until 2pm. Talk to the team at Shaun's Fruit and Veg on Facebook (external link).

Newark Hospital

Newark Coffee Shop (floor 1 near the Chapel)
- Open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4pm. Serving cold food including sandwiches, crisps, confectionary and hot and cold drinks.

Newark Tea Bar (ground floor)
- Open 8.30am to 4.30pm. Serving cold food including sandwiches, crisps, confectionary and hot and cold drinks.

Dining Room
- Open Monday to Friday, 8am to 10am and 12noon to 2pm. Hot and cold food available.

Mansfield Community Hospital

Tea Bar, near the main entrance
- Open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm. Serving cold food including sandwiches, crisps, confectionary and hot and cold drinks.

Need a microwave for your work area?

Colleagues can submit a request for items to enhance staff areas such as microwave or fridge from the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust staff Lotto on the intranet (opens in new window). Please note, this is only available at select times of year.

Library and Knowledge Service

The Library and Knowledge Service at King’s Mill Hospital has a Wellbeing area with easy chairs where staff can come and take time out. In addition to the physical space, there is a Health & Wellbeing book collection, including titles on self-help, living with a long-term condition and being a carer whilst working, as well as more general titles on stress management, resilience and mindfulness. There is also a leisure collection containing both fiction and non-fiction titles, DVDs and refreshments.

For staff at Newark and MCH, we are able to send any books out to you for loan.

Wellbeing Spaces - Colleague rest and break areas

Please continue to look after yourself and each other by having regular breaks and rests. Please see below list of available spaces to have something to eat, relax and stay hydrated. Please ensure you respect social distancing and follow the latest trust guidance when visiting these spaces.

King's Mill Hospital

Level 6: Deli Marche, lift lobby and Spice of Life restaurant
Level 3: Medirest rest room
KTC Street: Daffodil Café seating
Level 1: Medirest rest room (near Trust HQ) and common room (near Clinical Illustration)
Library: Wellbeing area
FM corridor: Medirest rest room
Level 2: Doctors' Mess room and Medical Student common room
Education Centre: Foyer space
Costa: Limited seating.

King's Mill Hospital outside spaces