Nutrition and dietetics
Locations
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Charing Cross Hospital
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Hammersmith Hospital
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St Mary's Hospital
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Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital
Contact
- Outpatients appointments
- 020 3313 5000
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Our nutrition and dietetics team offer an expert service to inpatients and outpatients at all our hospitals within Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust.
We advise on nutrition and health, and assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition-related conditions with treatment plans individually tailored to a patient’s medical nutritional needs.
The team is comprised of a group of qualified experts in the nutrients in food, how nutrients are used by the body, and the relationship between diet, health and disease. All registered dietitians are regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
The dietitians are trained in the interpretation and communication of the science of nutrition to individuals and groups to enable people to make informed and practical choices about food and lifestyle, in both health and disease.
Our team offers assessment-specific dietary advice and monitoring for people referred by multidisciplinary teams in specialties across our hospitals. We do not accept direct referrals from GPs.
Conditions and treatments
Our nutritional assessment and management covers a range of clinical conditions, including:
- diabetes – insulin, medication and diet-controlled diabetes
- diabetes occurring during pregnancy
- lipid lowering
- gastrointestinal problems including inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome
- digestive tract surgeries for benign and malignant conditions
- allergies
- feeding problems associated with prematurity, and health conditions in infants and children
Clinics
Clinics are provided by dietitians in the following specialties:
Nutrition and dietetics at Charing Cross Hospital
Address
13 Floor
Laboratory block
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Hours
9.00 to 17.00, Monday through Friday
Contact information
Phone: 020 3311 1445
Nutrition and dietetics at Hammersmith Hospital
Address
Second Floor
C block
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0HS
Hours
9.00 to 17.00, Monday through Friday
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 3048
Nutrition and dietetics at St Mary’s Hospital
Address
Ground floor
Cambridge wing
St Mary's Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY
Hours
9.00 to 17.00 Monday through Friday
Contact information
Phone: 020 3312 6398
Community services
Satellite clinics for renal dietetics in north west London are served by renal dietitians at the following locations:
- Hayes Cottage Hospital
- St Charles Hospital
- West Middlesex Hospital
- Ealing Hospital
- Central Middlesex Hospital
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Watford General Hospital
- Northwick Park Hospital
Please see our nephrology clinics page for more information.
Patient information
Before your outpatient appointment
Please remember to check your appointment letter for anything specific you have been asked to take with you. You are welcome to bring a relative or close friend with you to your appointment.
In addition, it would be helpful if you could bring a list of questions that you may want to ask the Dietitian along with a list of your regular medications.
During your appointment
The waiting times for a scheduled outpatient appointment can vary from no wait to 20 minutes.
On average, a regular appointment can take up to 30 minutes. Keep in mind the length of appointments vary in combination with your medical condition and nutrition requirements
You will be asked for your health and diet history and your current symptoms. You will also be weighed and your height will be measured.
After your appointment
You will be given specific tailored dietary advice to take away. A follow-up appointment will be arranged if needed.
Patient information leaflets
- Easy chew food
- Easy chew food for people with kidney conditions
- Gallstone diet
- How to eat less potassium when taking finenerone medication
- Minced and Moist food
- Minced and Moist food for people with kidney conditions
- Nasogastric tube feeding in bone marrow transplantation
- Pureed food
- Pureed food for people with kidney conditions
- Soft and bite-sized food
- Soft and bite-sized food for people with kidney conditions
Refer to this service
We offer our nutrition and dietetics service to inpatients and outpatients at our hospitals, so we do not accept referrals from GPs.
Secondary care referrals
Trust staff may refer inpatients to our nutrition and dietetics service via Cerner. Alternatively, call the department or bleep the ward dietitian. Trust staff may refer outpatients via email or letter.
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