Member's Zone
Dietitian
The Dietetic service is available for all inpatients during their treatment.
The aim of the service is to ensure that referred patients' nutritional status or symptoms are monitored, maintained or improved wherever possible. Dietitian have the professional knowledge and experience to establish nutritional needs and to recommend appropriate nutritional treatment for referred patients. Dietitians will evaluate and monitor dietetic intervention to help ensure a positive effect on patients' nutritional status, aid the recovery process, control symptoms and improve wellbeing. Goals or care plans for nutritional or dietetic treatment will be realistic and agreed with the patient, or their carers. Dietitians work co-operatively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to integrate the patients' nutritional treatment into their over-all care.
The dietetic service offer expert nutritional advice on the following specialties :
- Bloating / abdominal discomfort
- Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
- Eating disorders
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Gynaecological disorders ( PCOS)
- Hyperlipidaemia (High blood fats)
- Heart disease and high blood pressure
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Irritable bowel syndrome (lBS)
- Kidney disease
- Neurological disorders (Stroke, MND etc)
- Pre / post operation
- Vitamin and mineral deficiencies
- Sports Nutrition
- IPD ( in patient service )
Disease specific diet consultation is also available, Therapeutic RT/JT feed service is available.
