A Greggs bakery based in an NHS hospital is the fast-food chain 's second busiest outlet in Britain , it has been revealed . The counter at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton is often so busy selling steak bakes , bacon rolls and pizzas that ropes have to be used to separate queues of hungry customers which can reach 20 people deep . Greggs , which has flourished on the high street over the last decade and has more than 1,600 shops , would not reveal which of its outlets was the busiest . The counter at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton is often so busy selling steak bakes , bacon rolls and pizzas that ropes have to be used to separate queues of hungry customers which can reach 20 people deep . The Greggs bakery based at an NHS hospital is the fast-food chain 's second busiest outlet in Britain , it has been revealed . But David Loughton , chief executive of Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals , said he had heard on good authority that the bakery at the hospital was the chain 's second busiest . Mr Loughton told the Daily Star Sunday : 'There is a cafe in site that sells all healthy food but it gets nowhere near the footfall that Greggs gets . 'You can understand the appeal . It is relatively cheap . ' The chain sells a range of sandwiches , pies and pasties - such as the cheese and bacon wrap , a chicken fajita slice , and beef and vegetable pasties - ranging from 300 calories to almost 600 . The hospital trust has joined forces with Wolverhampton Council to tackle the obesity crisis locally . But Mr Loughton said banning the chain from the site would not solve anything . He said : 'People say `` ban the fast-food places '' but I do n't think that will ever work . We have to change people 's mentality regarding the food they eat . ' Greggs , which has flourished on the high street over the last decade and has more than 1,600 shops , would not reveal which of its outlets was the busiest . The chain sells a range of sandwiches , pies and pasties - such as the cheese and bacon wrap , a chicken fajita slice , and beef and vegetable pasties - ranging from 300 calories to almost 600 . New Cross is not the only NHS hospital to include a fast-food outlet . Addenbrooke 's in Cambridge operates a food court with a Burger King , Costa Coffee , Starbucks and pizzeria , and University Hospital Southampton Foundation trust , also hosts a Burger King and a Costa Coffee shop . Hospital chiefs in Devon have recently told staff not to allow deliveries from a new Pizza Hut - despite it being built in their own multi-storey car park . The move was revealed a month after the chain opened just 100 yards from the walls of Derriford Hospital in Plymouth . Staff were instructed to tell patients they could not order from the fast food restaurant , with bosses steering them towards 'healthier ' sandwiches in the hospital 's smoothie bar instead . David Loughton , chief executive of Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals , said he had heard on good authority that the bakery at the hospital was the chain 's second busiest . A hospital in Surrey has also come under heavy fire when it emerged it had paid £24,000 to close a Burger King branch inside its own walls . Croydon University Hospital had hosted the fast food chain in its entrance for 14 years , sparking the ire of health campaigners . It finally managed to close the outlet - which was next to posters promoting healthy eating - in 2011 and replace it with a Costa Coffee branch . But in order to terminate the contract it had to pay £24,000 to Compass UK , the company operating the fast food franchise . Croydon Health Service admitted the 'world had changed ' since it signed the original deal in 1997 .
The counter at Wolverhampton , in New Cross Hospital , is often 20 people deep as it is busy selling steak bakes , bacon rolls and pizzas to patients . Greggs has flourished on the high street and has more than 1,600 shops . Hospital bosses say they 've heard that the outlet onsite is the busiest .