Community Paediatric Dietetics
What do we do?
Dietitians are involved in supporting children with a wide variety of childhood conditions helping them achieve their potential for growth and development through nutrition support and dietary change.
There are a wide variety of diseases and conditions that may require referral to a dietitian. In general this is because they result one or a combination of the following:
- Poor weight gain and growth
- Higher than normal requirement for food and nutrition
- Conditions which cause poor digestion of food
- Conditions requiring changes to food intake, for example diabetes, food allergies, coeliac disease and inherited metabolic diseases
- Children who have difficulties eating and drinking food and will require tube feeding
- Children who need intravenous feeding
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Frequently asked questions on dietetics and nutrition and other sources of related information can be found at: www.alderhey.nhs.uk/departments/nutrition-and-dietetics/information-for-families/
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Clare Jones
- Contact Position
- Team Lead
- Telephone
- 0151 295 3948
- CommunityDietitians@alderhey.nhs.uk
- Website
- https://alderhey.nhs.uk/.../nutrition-and-dietetics
Where to go
- Name
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Address
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Eaton Road
Liverpool
- Postcode
- L12 2AP
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- Mon - Fri
- Time of day
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Afternoon
Morning
Other Details
Availability
Local Offer
- Description
Dietitians are involved in supporting children with a wide variety of childhood conditions helping them achieve their potential for growth and development through nutrition support and dietary change.
There are a wide variety of diseases and conditions that may require referral to a dietitian. In general this is because they result one or a combination of the following:
- Poor weight gain and growth
- Higher than normal requirement for food and nutrition
- Conditions which cause poor digestion of food
- Conditions requiring changes to food intake, for example diabetes, food allergies, coeliac disease and inherited metabolic diseases
- Children who have difficulties eating and drinking food and will require tube feeding
- Children who need intravenous feeding
Service Contact Details
Based at Alder Hey hospital, referrals are for children under the care of a Consultant only.
Frequently asked questions on dietetics and nutrition and other sources of related information can be found at: www.alderhey.nhs.uk/departments/nutrition-and-dietetics/information-for-families/
- Local Offer Age Bands
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Young Adults (16 to 25)
Primary (5 to 11)
Secondary (11 to 16)
Early Years (0 to 5)
