Nutrition

Nutrition and dietetics at ESNEFT

Our team of dietitians assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems. We advise patients, helping them to make the right choices about food and nutrition.

We support adults and children who are inpatients in our hospitals. Patients are screened on admission to hospital, and referred to us if they are at high risk of malnutrition or require advice on therapeutic diets. Dietitians from Colchester and Ipswich hospitals regularly visit our community hospitals.

We support adults and children in hospital clinics and in the community.

We treat a wide range of patients including those with:

• cystic fibrosis
• kidney (renal) problems
• cancer
• stroke
• diabetes
• stomach and intestine disorders
• inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohns and Ulcerative Colitis

Referrals

You or your child may be referred to our service by

• your GP
• a hospital consultant, doctor or specialist nurse
• speech and language therapist
• health visitor
• school nursing team

If you feel you need to see us, please speak with one of these health care professionals.

Colchester Hospital contacts

Ipswich Hospital contacts