About the department
Nutrition plays a key role in both health promotion and in the treatment of illness. The department of clinical nutrition provides a service to both in and out patients offering advice on dietary intervention for the management of a wide range of clinical conditions.
The department provides help and advice to any patient referred to the dietetic clinic on discharge from the in-patient wards in the hospital. GP outpatient referrals are directed to a separate dietetic team based in the community. The dietitians work closely with the catering department in the provision of the patient meal service.
The department has 12 dietitians, two nutrition nurses, nutrition assistant and a nutrition administrator and also provides a training programme for up to six student dietitians per year as well as education and training to staff and patients being a key part of the service
