Intellectual Disability Specialist Dieticians

We provide dietetic support to adults and older people with intellectual disabilities, including those who:

  • are being considered for feeding tubes (such as people with severe difficulty swallowing, who are unable to meet their nutritional needs orally, who have very low BMI and those with deteriorating conditions
  • already have feeding tubes
  • have Prader Willi Syndrome or metabolic conditions whose needs are best met by Learning Disability Specialist Dieticians and for whom there is no long-term alternative
  • have grade 3 and 4 pressure sores
  • have a BMI less than 17kg/m² (severely underweight)
  • have unintentionally lost 4kg or more in weight in the last 3 months
  • have dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and there are nutritional concerns

Accessing our service

People who need to use the service need to be referred by an intellectual disability professional from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Parking is available on the Highbury site.

Service opening hours

The team's core working hours are Monday - Thursday 9.30am - 4.00pm. Friday 9.30am-2.30pm

Please be aware that we are a very small team and we are often out of the office visiting people. If we are unavailable please leave a message and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

Contact and find us

Fern House
Highbury Hospital
Highbury Road
Bulwell
Nottinghamshire
NG6 9DR

Tel: 0115 9560810

Help in a crisis

Outside of office hours please contact your GP service, NHS 111, or in an emergency go to your local Accident and Emergency (A&E) department.

Information for health professionals

How to refer someone to this service

Intellectual Disability professionals from Nottinghamshire Healthcare can refer clients to the service. They would need to complete the referral form available on the intranet.

 

Lead clinician

Maria Morley

 

Service commissioned by

Nottingham City and South of County Clinical Commissioning Groups

 

 

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