To buy a nespresso machine for the nurses on the ward that have looked after me?

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As the title. Would this be a good thank you gift? Does anyone recommend a particular machine?
I was going to get some pods, cakes and biscuits too

It's their job

Great idea - I work at a nursery and a parent bought us an nespresso machine - anyone wanting to use it just brings their own pods to work and uses it

Before everyone was buying take away coffees - it’s used constantly

Nespresso are very easy to use machines, pods made of aluminium, comes with bags that they go in and can be dropped off at thousands of places-goes to Leeds to be recycled-the pods are cheap. can even club together for a subscription, great aftercare.
Alternatively, something like Nursem hand cream who donate products to nurses for each purchase made www.nursem.co.uk/pages/nursem-promise

Like a few others have said, there is really nothing more powerful and meaningful than a thought out thank you card (I'm NHS)

Be aware they may have to declare a gift over a certain value too (or may be obliged to refuse it)

Who will descale it regularly? Mine stops working and tells me when it needs to be done. It takes a good 10 minutes to do. I doubt that nurses have time for that.

After I was in hospital I got the nurses who cared for me M&S gift cards, there was an M&S in the hospital so I knew they could use them

When dad died mum asked the nurses what would be a nice gift for them. She ended up getting a microwave and toaster.

If that’s what you want to give then do it OP. That’s very nice of you. I’m sure it would be appreciated. I think I’d be that touched I’d cry a bit to be honest! How lovely

We had a nespresso machine in an office I worked in, which was put there by a staff member and wasn’t covered by the free tea and coffee the company supplied. It was nice to have but it only worked because one person took charge of ordering pods, arranging recycling, and collecting payments from everyone who used it. There was a clipboard next to the machine with a list of staff names which you put a tick next to every time you used a pod. Then this guy would tot them all up every month or so and collect payments from everyone depending how much coffee they’d had. The difficulty with buying it as a gift is that you have no idea whether someone on the ward would be willing to take similar responsibility, or whether it would be able to be covered by whatever existing system they have for tea/coffee.

I think you could definitely ask if it’s something they’d use, and if not, there are some other great suggestions on this thread!

We got one as a present, anyone that uses it just keeps their own pods in their locker, I love it!

I'd send a nice thank you letter and vouchers, say you were considering a machine and pods but let them choose, they might be in need of a microwave or kettle.

Alternatively, perhaps a supply of coffee syrups in a variety of flavours would be appreciated, to go with the coffee bags....

I am a midwife and would LOVE a Nespresso machine in the ward! People who wanted to use could supply their own pods. They did this in a small rural hospital in Australia and I loved it! Some of the midwives and nurses exchanged pods with one another.

Please don't I work in facilities and the amount f things that aren't meant to be there that turn up is unbelievable.

Plus I'd ban toasters from hospitals you don't know how many times buildings are evacuated because of them.

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Please don't I work in facilities and the amount f things that aren't meant to be there that turn up is unbelievable.

Plus I'd ban toasters from hospitals you don't know how many times buildings are evacuated because of them.

Ha god, yes toasters are a nightmare but no way we couldn't have them. I think they'll phase them out tho, unfortunately for this reason.

The toast I had after delivering DD was incredible.

We recently had some parents buy us a coat stand for our changing room, a panini maker, a toaster, a TV for our staff room, loads and loads of cutlery (always desperate for this) and about 15 mugs - also desperate for good sized mugs to have a cup of tea in

We really really appreciated their kindness

I started a thread some months ago asking what nurses in Covid wards would like as a thank you. The most common suggestion was individual hand creams and lip balms. I duly ordered bumper packs and sent them in via DS who works in hospitals. They were very grateful (or at last told him they were!). I had previously ordered 3 humongous boxes of chocolates - delivery to DS - only 2 made it onto the wards - he ate the other! I don't begrudge him as he works on Covid wards too!

A lot if the Nespresso pods can actually be recycled now ...

but it might be expensive for the nurses to keep buying them.

We are drowning in donated hand cream at the moment on my ward (brand ‘nurse’, amazing stuff, smells like play dough).