For Health Professionals

How Your patients Will Benefit

We can advise your patients on the nutritional management of their specific condition, such as diabetes, heart disease, GI disorders, obesity, eating disorders, food allergy and intolerance to name a few. All information given is evidence-based, personalised, and given in a consumer-friendly way.

A consultation with one of our dietitians will include a diet and lifestyle assessment, resulting in a plan which they can follow. Progress is monitored at regular follow-up appointments as required, and further nutrition education and counselling is given as appropriate.

If you refer a patient, you will be sent a report after the initial consultation, and encouraged to discuss any aspect of the patient's programme with the dietitian

Reasons for Referring your Patients to Us

To enable your patient to:

receive information on dietary modification for a specific condition

improve their understanding of management of a particular condition

achieve weight loss

gain weight if required

understand poor food intake or poor appetite and how to prevent and improve these

Areas of Practice

We provide a range of services, such as:

assessment of a patient's nutritional status

education of patients, their families/carers on healthy eating guidelines, making changes to current eating patterns, choosing the right foods when shopping, including understanding food labels.

working with the community on nutrition education issues

working with rest homes to ensure the elderly are adequately nourished (Hamilton)

working with Traumatic Brain Injury clients to ensure nutritional adequacy by encouraging good food purchasing and preparation, and appropriate dietary intake.

How to Refer Your Client to Us

Your client can be referred by downloading this referral form and faxing to us.

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