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

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

  • KTC Courtyard
  • Community Garden (outside Clinic 10)
  • Faith Centre courtyard
  • Outside seating by Renal Unit
  • Outside seating near Entrance 4
  • Outside seating near back of Pathology (down the service road)
  • Wildlife Garden
  • Millbrook Pond.

Newark Hospital

  • Ground Floor Restaurant
  • Medirest staff lounge
  • Volunteers Café (Level 1)
  • Dining room and rest room 
  • Chapel.

Mansfield Community Hospital 

  • Medirest Café area (main Entrance)
  • Outdoor seating available.