Dietetics
QVH's dietitians promote nutritional well-being, treat disease and prevent nutrition related problems, serving both QVH inpatients and the local community. The team hold clinics in the community and in QVH outpatients and offer the Weight & Shape plan - a weight management course based at Edenbridge Hospital and the Olympus Centre, East Grinstead.
The team can carry out domiciliary visits for people unable to attend hospital appointments and are actively involved health promotion both in the hospital and in the community, providing education programmes to nursing homes and outside groups.
The department will accept referrals for:
- Active inflammatory bowel disease
- Diabetes reviews
- Dysphagia
- Faltering growth
- Food intolerance/allergies
- Gastrointestinal disorders (IBS, diverticulitis, constipation, gall stones)
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Malabsorption,
- Malnutrition (Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool score 2)
- Newly diagnosed diabetes, type 1 & 2
- Newly diagnosed coeliac disease
- Nutritional assessment
- Vitamins, minerals, supplements
- Weight management