Protein drinks such a waste!

The local Hospice took all of my dear Mum’s protein drinks.

They were prescribed and in the bags/boxes from the pharmacy.

I was in the same position when DH died, I had bought them as the NHS would not prescribe.
I ended up pouring them down the sink and recycling the containers. Such a waste.

This is just one indication of the amount of money wasted by the NHS, and it’s been going on for decades. It seriously needs to be addressed. Maybe, as others have suggested, try the local food bank or advertise on community groups grannysyb.

My husband had boxes of these and after he died I eventually got Nutricia ( the company supplying us) to take them away. I don't know what they did with them!

Freecycle.org would probably take it.

grannysyb

My husband has just finished radiotherapy, we now have a pile of these drinks, he can't tolerate them, hospital won't have them back, local hospice don't want them, nor do age uk. Looks like they're going into landfill, really annoying.

I feel for you. My DGD had special, high calorie baby formula that came in little bottles. Her prescription seemed to be constantly changing.
I once had to dispose of over 100 bottles. It seemed criminal to empty all this highly nutritious food when there were appeals for famine relief, but, because it was prescribed no charity could take it.
Believe me, I tried!

This is a common problem and one of the ways the NHS could save money- people are given boxes of this stuff which they don't use but I'm not sure why they agree to having it in the first place.
Makes you wonder how much would be saved, including environmentally, if they just suggested patients try them before dumping boxes full of it on them.

grannysyb

Care home won't take them, not allowed!

That's a shame - try advertising them on your local Facebook residents' group or Marketplace or even Gumtree.

Or a food bank?

What about the Olia app for donating unwanted food?

Care home won't take them, not allowed!

Donate to a community kitchen or foodbank.

I had a box full of these that I paid for from Amazon that I never used so gave them to our local cancer support group.

What about local care homes, maybe? They might take them.