Best of luck with your recovery Phil, everyone here at Huel is routing for you.
We have had previous talks around getting Huel into the NHS. I will paste our Head of Nutrition’s reply, James, here: "It’s a great idea, but not an easy one. As I understand it (I could be wrong), there are three ways that a hospital could supply Huel for patients:
- Through pharmacy - ie ‘prescribed’ via ACBS. There is a lot of red tape here and would involve clinical trials on the efficacy.
- Through the catering dept. ie served as an alternative to meals but made up at ward level
- Bought by individual wards and made up at ward level
However, catering depts and wards can only buy things that are approved and getting on this list is not easy and decisions are made infrequently (2 yearly?). I cannot describe how much work is involved in getting to the decision makers, something which we do not have the resource for.
There’s also selling to the shops in hospitals and so patients can buy from them or the vending machines. This would only apply to Huel RTD and Bar though."
Full thread if you’re interested: Huel for hospitals and prisons?