Community

The Nutrition and Dietetic Department employs Registered Dietitians and provides focused clinical care to clients in a variety of settings both within hospitals and the community in line with health priorities defined by NHS Lothian. Care is provided in a variety of ways from individual one-to-one consultations to running supermarket tours, group education sessions and undertaking health improvement activities in relation to the achievement of National and local health and nutrition targets. The department also provides specialist advice to other professionals, both clinical and non-clinical, on the dietetic needs of patients and contributes to the multi disciplinary approach by undertaking staff training.

How to access services:

• via direct referrals from health professionals to the locality dietitians
• from ward staff to Dietitians working in hospitals
• from other Dietetic services on transfer/discharge
• through dedicated clinical teams

Community Clinics are held at various sites in each of the localities. We have specialist Dietitians with additional skills to treat clients in Learning Disability Teams throughout Lothian, a Lothian Community Enteral Feeding Team (CENT) contact 0131-537 6053 and a multicultural expert within KUSH DHIL based at Allander House 0131 537 4585.

For more information contact your locality/hospital dietitian on the following numbers

Hospital Dietetic Departments

Community Dietetic Teams – City of Edinburgh

There are also Community Dietetic Teams in Midlothian and East Lothian, located at: