The Dietetics Department provides an essential service and collaborates with Medical and Nursing departments within the hospital to provide inpatient and outpatient nutritional services. The department also liaises with the Catering Department within the hospital.
As part of our dietetic services, we also supervise the quality and quantity of foods/enteral feeds issued to inpatients, in accordance with physician guidance. The nutritional care and services we offer patients extends to children, adolescents, adults and geriatric age groups.
A wide range of complex cases are referred on to our department, including outpatients with chronic conditions and in-patients with chronic conditions and/or acute episodes who are critically ill.
The main services we provide are as follows:
- Treatment of patients under various specialties by coordinating with other multi-disciplinary teams for optimum care during hospitalization and after discharge.
- Referring patients for diet-related conditions including diabetes, obesity, weight loss, coeliac disease and raised lipids. Patients are assessed and given an individualized diet plan and written information relevant to their condition.
- Assessing and managing patients who require artificial nutrition support.
- Reviewing patients when they are discharged from hospital, as appropriate, in the Outpatient Department. Patients may also be referred directly from clinics in the Outpatient Department. Patients are regularly reviewed and consultants are made aware of the outcome.
- Delivering a dietetics services on an individualized basis – patient family education is provided as needed.
- Supervising food preparation according to the cycle menu and diet order.
- Supervising hygiene during all steps of food preparation and service.
