Homerton: Community dietetics service

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Community dietetics service

We are a team of experts in the field of nutrition and dietetics working to promote nutritional health and wellbeing. We translate scientific knowledge into practical advice and information to support the diverse population of City and Hackney.

The aim of our service is to promote a good nutrition to help prevent disease, improve quality of life and aid recovery.
Dietitians are the only qualified professionals to assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems.

You can be reassured that your dietitian is an appropriately trained professional, registered and fit to practice as a dietitian by checking the Health Professional Council website.

Our services

We work in many locations, in a variety of manners, across the boroughs of the City and Hackney to provide nutrition knowledge and empower you with the skills you will need to make your lifestyle and diet choices.

We use up-to-date evidence-based information to provide you with the best nutrition advice and support. We work with all age groups both on a public health community level as well as on a one-to-one individual basis.

Dietitians advise on special diets that may be required as a part of your medical treatment. Services include:

Outpatient clinics for individual nutritional assessment, development of nutrition care plans and dietary counselling
Home visits for referred patients who are housebound and thus unable to make an outpatient appointment
Advise local nursing homes and other care agencies about clients with nutritional concerns
Monitor and support clients on home enteral feeding
Run regular outpatient clinics at various locations across Hackney, including at various children's centres and health centres.

We support and train members of the primary healthcare team to provide accurate and consistent nutritional information. We also work to raise the awareness of nutrition and ensure nutritional information is accurate and appropriate in a number of ways:

Support the production or purchase of culturally appropriate nutrition education resources
Provide formal or informal education sessions for patients or other user groups on request
Support national and local nutrition-related health campaigns
Participate in local health fairs and other educational events
Support the Hackney Healthy Schools Programme
Consultancy work to both statutory and voluntary organisations, upon request
Advise on nutritional components of national policy
Develop and assist implementation of local nutrition-related policies, such as infant feeding policy and breastfeeding policy
Run Cook and Eat sessions for children, young people and their families in children's centres and early years settings; these sessions are a fun way to learn about ways to make healthier food choices.

Referrals

If you are a health professional in City and Hackney, you can find referral forms for both adults and children in the links below.

Please forward them to the dietetics team at the address below. Note that you can only access the service by referral from a healthcare professional.

under 5’s referral form
teenagers referral form
adults referral form

Opening hours

Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.

If you are unable to make your appointment please let us know as soon as possible by calling 0207 683 4267. Your appointment can then be changed to a more suitable time for you.