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Nutrition and Dietetics Service

We provide high quality dietetic and nutritional support to residents in Trafford.

The service can offer support for a number of dietetic and nutritional needs including malnutrition, digestive disorders, enteral feeding, food intolerances and weight management in a clinical or home setting.

Who we help

Conditions:

  • Diabetes – X-pert diabetes group is available
  • Dietary assessment
  • Digestive disorders
  • Enteral feeding
  • Food intolerances / allergies
  • Malnutrition / underweight
  • Palliative care
  • Stroke / neuro disabilities
  • Weight Management – Trafford Lifestyle programme is available

How we help

Malnutrition 

1 in 10 older people are malnourished and this can have a big effect on health, mobility and wellbeing. Losing weight is not a normal part of ageing and with simple advice and support, weight loss and dehydration can often be prevented.

Leaflets are available here to raise awareness about the signs of malnutrition and dehydration and give advice and tips on how to start to treat these problems –

Help to identify and prevent malnutrition and dehydration:

Help for people losing weight and at risk of malnutrition:

You can also check whether you are at risk of malnutrition using this self-screening tool: www.malnutritionselfscreening.org

If you have tried to increase how much you eat and drink but still think you are losing weight, contact your GP or another health professional you are seeing. They will be able to give you advice and screen you for malnutrition. It may be that they will refer you to the dietitian for specialist support with eating and drinking.

  • Palliative care
  • Stroke / neuro disabilities
  • Weight Management – Trafford Lifestyle programme is available

Contact Information and Opening Times

Locations:

Clinics at Chapel Road Health Centre, Delamere Health Centre (adults only), Partington Health Centre, Limelight, Timperley Health Centre and Woodsend Clinic. Home treatment is available when clinically indicated.

Contact information

Timperley Health Centre
169 Grove Lane
Timperley
WA15 6PH

Phone: 0300 323 0303
Email: tspoa1@nhs.net

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.

Social Media 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TraffordDietitians

Referral information for GPs and other professionals

Service Information

Includes: X-pert diabetes group, dietary assessment, enteral feeding, food intolerances, malnutrition, weight management

Who can refer?

Nursing / Care Homes or health professionals . Referrals via Trafford Single Point of Access (SPOA)

How to refer

Referrals via Trafford Single Point of Access (SPOA)

  • Tel: 0300 323 0303
  • Email: tspoa1@nhs.net
  • Mail referrals via SPOA, Meadway Health Centre, Sale M33 4PS

Referral Form (For nursing and care home residents) [Word doc, 217KB]

Referral Form (For all other professional referrals except enteral feeding) [Word doc, 210KB]

General enquiries about referrals can be made to the team from professionals via 0161 549 6880.

Acceptance criteria

Condition

Referral Criteria
Assessment for nutritional deficiencies

 

 
  • Require nutritional assessment
  • Nutritional deficiencies

Exclusion:

  • Metabolic disorders to be managed by secondary care.
  • Diagnosed eating disorder (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating ARFID)
Coeliac Disease

 
  • Newly diagnosed Coeliac Disease
  • Poor compliance with diet
Enteral Feeding

(adult and paediatric)

 

 

 
  • Adults and children with feeding tube in situ, eg. NG/PEG/RIG/ jejunostomy.
  • Patients who want to use blended diets

Exclusion:

  • Metabolic conditions
  • Short Gut
  • Renal CKD>3
  • Type I Diabetes (paeds)
  • Neonates
  • Complex patients under several specialist consultants
Food intolerance / allergy

(adult and paediatric)
  • Dietary assessment/advice for food intolerance/allergy.
  • Advise on cow/s milk protein allergy weaning
  • Advise on reintroduction non IgE medicated allergy.

Exclusion:

  • Multiple allergies
  • IgE medicated reaction with symptoms of anaphylaxis, noisy breathing, wheezing, persistent cough, dizziness, feeling faint, floppiness, or swelling around the mouth, tongue or throat.
  • Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES)
G.I. Problems
Including constipation, diverticular disease
  • Diagnosis of constipation
  • Diagnosis of G.I problems
 IBS

 

 

 

 

 
  • Diagnosis of IBS
  • Coeliac test done or reason why not
  • FBC
  • CRP
  • ESR
  • Faecal calprotectin
Protein Energy Malnutrition (over 18 years)
  • MUST 2 and above
  • BMI <20
  • Unintentional weight loss >10% within past 3-6 months
  • BMI <20 and unintentional weight loss >5% within past 3-6 months

Exclusion:

  • Unmanaged depression
  • Alcohol or drug misuse if not attending rehab programme.
  • People with diagnosed eating disorder including ARFID.
  • Where patients are refusing food and fluids due to behavioural issues.
 Faltering Growth
  • Fall across 1 or more weight centile if birthweight <9th centile
  • Fall across 2 or more weight centile if birthweight was between 9th and 91st centile
  • Fall across 3 or more weight centile if birthweight was >91st centile
  • When weight is below 2nd centile for age
  • If length/height is more than 2 centile spacrs below mid parental centile
  • In children >2 years of age if BMI<2nd centile
  • Exclusion:
  • Complex paediatric patients under several specialist consultants
  • Neonates (eg under a neonatal consultant)
 Renal CKD

1-3 Stages

 
  • CKD Stages 1-3 only. (Stages 4-6 secondary care)

Unless for conservative management not under specialist team.

Information last reviewed: February 2025