I am glad that Christine Martin found the food at Glasgow’s new hospital “perfectly adequate” (Letters, September 26). She suggests that those complaining about the food at Glasgow’s new hospital must be “regular diners at smart city restaurants”. My 11-year-old grandson, who has spent much of the last 22 months in hospital being treated for cancer, doesn’t fall into that category. He was, before his illness, accustomed to hot, healthy, home cooked food. He got that – or at least nutritious food cooked on the premises – while undergoing a Stem cell transplant in the wonderful Yorkhill. Being able to eat and drink relatively normally is a vital criterion for discharge to outpatient status after a transplant.

Sadly, the “central processing units” , several miles from the new hospital, do not meet the standards set by the old Yorkhill. Parents and children in the Schiehallion (paediatric oncology) Unit hugely appreciate the devotion of staff, from cleaners and porters to senior surgeons and consultants but will continue to press for decent food, a basic requirement of recovery.

A Ferguson,

120 Hutton,

Glasgow.