Can I give a voucher to the Nhs staff caring for my husband?

[seemenow]

My husband was admitted to hospital recently, and it was quite unexpected. He is quite ill. We were both completely stunned by the diagnosis, and as a consequence, really scared.
I have been a pain in the arse, asking questions, and asking for explanations about what is happening. The ward where he is, is completely full, and the A&E he was seen in has been very full every day since he was admitted. The staff, nurses and doctors have been so lovely to the both of us, despite how obviously overrun they are.
I know there is a supermarket very close to the hospital, and would like to give them a voucher to use, to buy something for the staff, but I’m worried they wouldn’t be allowed to accept this?
I know I could order pizzas or biscuits, but, maybe they’d like to choose their own reward?
Could anyone in the NHS best advise me how Incould demonstrate my appreciation of how kind they have been to us?

I personally loved the sweets too but totally sabotaged my diet I g. Lots of nurses are overweight lol

When my DD left hospital I left a bag full of wrapped biscuits like penguins, blue ribbon etc. Things that could be opened individually and yes bags/coffee/hot chocolate. Also a stack of pens because they seemed like gold dust in there.

That's very kind of you OP. If you want to make a donation to the ward you could speak to the ward manager - they'll know how to organise it. We had a patient make a large donation that had to be declared - it was used to buy a specific piece of equipment for the department.

How lovely of you OP. We're not NHS but also in a situation where clients occasionally being us thank you treats, most often sweet stuff.

There are a few of us who don't really eat biscuits / cakes / chocolates for various reasons, so the thank you that went down best overall was a bag from M&S with a mix of sweet things (those tubs of brownie pieces or whatever) and some savoury, cheese straws, posh mini sausage rolls, olives, little scotch eggs and a couple of bottles of nice fruit juice.

Covered all bases and for once everyone got to indulge and enjoy the treat.

My dad was in intensive care for a bit and when we knew he was being discharged we bought a load of things for the staff, this was nearly ten years ago:
Coffee
Tea bags
Biscuits
Cuppa soups
Chocolate
Crisps
Breakfast bars
Mints
Deodorants
Cooling mist spray
Hand cream
Sanitary towels
Hair bobbles
A bundle of lip balms
Nude tights

Just things that might make their lives a wee bit easier on shift as they were 1-2-1 for 12 hours with dad for three weeks so we became quite familiar with them.

I've worked for the NHS for 20 years, biscuits and chocolates are always appreciated- always!!

Also nice t.bags and coffee (the NHS ones in staff rooms are always terrible.)

A basket of fresh fruit (nothing needing refrigeration or hard to cut eg pineapple!) would be appreciated. I have a box of clementines and they really appreciated them despite being simple

When I asked a staff member about bringing in chocolate or biscuits/cakes as a thank you. He said that would be lovely, but a bit of fresh fruit on the side would be gratefully received.

Sick of biscuits?

Is there such a thing?

So you can spend up to £50 in person.

You could make a gift basket for each person that helped you.

If it helps in Wilko this week I saw grey rectangular baskets filled with that confetti stuff and with a ribbon inside ready for you to put what you wanted in eg biscuits, chocs, teas etc. Or you could do a gift basket of nice shower gels. Everyone always needs shower gel.

Why don't you make a hamper with some tea, coffee, biscuits and chocs in? I work for the nhs and they always make you declare bigger gifts and financial ones. Nurses and doctors love a quick biscuit in between patients.

Biros, and bright coloured post it notes! We can only get the insipid yellow ones

Honestly the best thing in the world is to get a card with the nurses or doctors names that you remember. At the moment because we are so overfull it can feel like everything is overwhelming and we can't get to the fundamentals of care that's the reason why we all trained because so many people need us at one time. Getting a card thanking you makes you feel like you have actually got the chance to help someone.

In my hospital the voucher would have to be handed to the ward manager and go towards new equipment etc
We love anything that we can eat or drink. A multipack of cans of coke go down a treat along with cake, biscuits, sweets. We love a good buffet with cheese and bread, meats, fruit etc but we are lucky that we have lots of fridge space.

This sounds fantastic!
Yes OP we are so broke that we don't provide pens. Not for a long time.
Any tokens and a kind word / card letting staff know they are appreciated is wonderful, thanks.

In the big supermarkets they are always doing offers on the 24 packs of fizzy drinks. Sometimes 2 for £15. Why not get a few trays of those? Make sure you get some diet ones, like Diet Pepsi, and full sugar Pepsi , diet Tango and normal Tango. They can fill up the staff fridge. I bought 4 packs when my Mum was in hospital, and they loved them. Loaded up my little shopping trolley with them to take them to the ward. Saves them paying £1 a can in the machines.