A number of registered dietitians work across Nottinghamshire Healthcare to provide one to one therapeutic dietary advice within:
- mental health, forensic and learning disabilities inpatient settings
- physical health community clinics, groups, care homes or in the patient's home
- multi-disciplinary teams in services such as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, adult eating disorders and community learning disabilities
We work at various sites across Nottinghamshire covering a range of conditions and age groups.
Examples include eating disorders, enteral feeding, nutrition support, paediatric food allergy, autistic spectrum disorder, faltering growth, adult nutrition support, irritable bowel syndrome and diabetes.
We use evidence-based practice and effective communication to support behaviour change.
We work together as integral members of the multi-disciplinary team and support other staff via production of patient resources, education and development, professional support and shadowing opportunities. We also deliver dietary education via group sessions, for example to patients with type 2 diabetes in partnership with our diabetes educators.