Whittington Health's Islington Community Paediatric Dietetics Service promotes nutritional wellbeing by assessing, diagnosing and treating diet and nutrition-related problems, and providing practical and safe advice based on scientific evidence.

Children's dietitians assess nutritional requirements, food intake and growth in times of health and disease,;and tailor advice in line with the child's age, treatment and medical condition.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

Children and young people aged up to 18 years, registered with a GP in Islington and needing dietetics support, including for:

• non IgE cows milk protein allergy (delayed response)
• selective eating with one or more of the following:
  • nutritional deficiency diagnosed through blood analysis
  • additional complex needs such as autism
  • faltering growth or underweight BMI with evidence of growth history on referral
  • attended the Families For Life or Family Kitchen Programme, but referrer still has significant concern
  • unable to attend Families For Life or Family Kitchen Programme for an understandable reason (e.g. language and communication barriers, IT limitations such as no Wi-Fi)
• faltering growth
• oral nutrition support (for example supplements)
• enteral tube feeding (for example nasogastric feeding or gastrostomy feeding)
• weight management from birth to four years with one or more of the following:
  • attended the Families For Life or Family Kitchen Programme, but referrer still has significant concern
  • unable to attend Families For Life or Family Kitchen Programme for an understandable reason (such as language and communication barriers, IT limitations including no Wi-Fi).

Exclusions

• weaning difficulties (refer to Health Visitor)
• IgE allergy (immediate response, refer to Whittington Hospital allergy team, see Allergy in Children pathway)
• weight management over four years (refer to Healthy Living Nutritionist)
• referrals for general fussy eating and weight management should be sent to one of the below:
  • Islington Families for Life and Family Kitchen Programme (group-based initiative for fussy feeders and overweight children aged 2-11)
  • for under-2s, their Health Visitor can be another point of contact
  • weight management over four years should be sent to the Islington Healthy Living Nutritionist alongside Families for Life referral.

How to Refer

Locations

Northern Health Centre