Going to the Emergency Department - What happens with your feeding tube? (Easy read)

Going to the Emergency Department at Whittington Hospital - what happens with your feeding tube?

Doctors and nurses will help you with the main reason you are at the Emergency Department

If your feeding tube is not working, a doctor or nurse will call the specialists for help

Tube feeding cannot start in the Emergency Department

Emergency Department staff are not trained to do tube feeding - it is not safe for the Emergency Department staff to give feed

You might get a drip in the Emergency Department if you need fluids

If you are admitted to a ward and your tube is safe to use, tube feeding can be started

You might start a different feed to your usual feed until a Dietitian sees you

Contact us

For compliments, complaints or concerns, contact PALS on 020 72 88 55 51 Or email whh-tr.PALS@nhs.net

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Where to find us

Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
020 72 72 30 70