What do dietitians do?

Dietitians assess, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems to improve a person's health or treat a disease or condition by educating and giving practical, personalised advice to patients, carers, clients and colleagues.

Dietitians are integral members of multidisciplinary teams at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) that treat complex clinical conditions such as:

• Malnutrition
• Kidney failure
• Liver disease
• Metabolic diseases
• Bowel disorders

As a part of a multidisciplinary team, dietitians have close links with medical, nursing, catering and pharmacy departments as well as the other therapy services.

Dietitians work in the following areas at UHB:

• Cancer Services
• Cardiology
• Critical Care
• Diabetes
• Gastroenterology
• General medicine
• Haematology
• Healthcare for Older People
• Hepato-pancreato-biliary Unit
• HIV
• Inherited metabolic diseases
• Liver Unit
• Neuroendocrine Tumour Centre
• Neurosciences
• Renal Unit
• Stroke services
• Sport and Exercise Medicine
• Trauma and Orthopaedics

Downloads

Diet and diabetes: for those not requiring insulin (1.87 MB)

Maxillofacial Diet and Oral Hygiene Advice Sheet (0.08 MB)

Dietary advice for adults experiencing constipation following radiotherapy or chemotherapy (0.07 MB)

Dietary advice for adults suffering from nausea following radiotherapy or chemotherapy (0.07 MB)

Dietary Advice for Adults with Head and Neck Cancer undergoing Radiotherapy (0.09 MB)

Dietary advice for patients experiencing dumping syndrome after oesophago–gastric surgery (0.07 MB)

Eating after a Gastrectomy (0.18 MB)

Oesophageal Stent a guide for patients (0.40 MB)

Dietary advice after anti-reflux (fundoplication) or hiatus hernia repair surgery (0.11 MB)

Dysphagia Diet: Dietary advice Soft and Bite-Sized Level 6 (0.06 MB)

Managing glucose around exercise for people with Type 1 diabetes (0.32 MB)