Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service Referral Guidance

Nutrition has a vital role in supporting and maintaining good health and in the treatment of many conditions. “Dietitians are qualified and regulated health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems” (BDA 2021). Dietitians “use the most up-to-date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease which they translate into practical guidance to enable people to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices.” (BDA 2021).

Community dietitians who are based across various NHSGGC locations will accept referrals for a range of conditions. The following information lists the main types of referrals that will be accepted by community dietitians. There is also nutritional information available from the NHSGGC Dietetic public website: Dietetics - NHSGGC

Referrals for the community dietitian can be made preferably via SCI Gateway or via the community dietetic service referral form  Health care professionals, care home staff and social work staff can all refer to the community dietetic service. The completed form can be emailed to a generic email address which have been listed at the end of this document.

Referrers can access dietetic records for patients either previously or presently under the care of a dietitian. These can be viewed in Clinical Portal.