About the Service
Our paediatric nutrition and dietetic service is a team of registered dietitians specialised in paediatric nutrition who provide specialist children’s dietetic services.
We see children from 0 to 18 years of age and cover paediatric wards and our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Click on the options below to find out more:
- Paediatric Outpatient Clinics
- How to prepare for your outpatient virtual appointment
- Ward(s) you may stay on
- Food Fact Sheets
- Information Leaflets
- Useful Links
Paediatric Outpatient Clinics
Specialist clinics in conjunction with consultants are run for allergy, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and gastroenterology. In addition, the paediatric dietitians run their own clinics for children under the age of 18 who are referred by either their GP or paediatrician. We offer a mix of video, telephone, and face to face appointments.
We accept referrals for the following:
- Food allergy (IgE and non-IgE)
- Coeliac disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Faltering growth
- Tube feeding, including NG/NJ or gastrostomy feeding
For other outpatient referrals please refer to the relevant resources as listed below:
- Weight management for children under 16 years old - Be Your Best Surrey
- Suspected or diagnosed eating disorder - Please refer to relevant eating disorder service or to CAMHS. Some useful resources can be found Beat - The UK's Eating Disorder Charity and Mindworks Surrey
- Swallowing difficulties - please refer to specialist speech and language therapist
How to prepare for your outpatient virtual appointment
- Check the date and time for the appointment
- Ensure you have good signal for telephone appointment
- The video appointment can be accessed https://nhs.vc/paediatricdietitians and please log into the waiting room 10 minutes prior the appointment
- You will need to find a quiet place so you can hear the Dietitian clearly. It is recommended you do not attend the appointment in a public place.
- Please ensure that your equipment is fully charged or is plugged into an electricity point
- Using Wi-Fi connection rather than a mobile phone data connection is more likely to give you a better-quality call
- Ensure you have an updated weight and height within two weeks of the appointment date
Ward(s) you may stay on
- Oak
- Ash (St Peter’s)
Food Fact Sheets
Information Leaflets
For more information about allergy advice, please visit our Paediatric Allergy website.
- Cow’s Milk Alternatives Suitable for Children from 1 years old diagnosed with Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy
- Cow’s Milk and Soya Free Diet for Infants and Children
- Cow’s Milk Free Diet for Infants and Children
- Dietary Advice for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Dietary Management of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy in Children
- Dietary Management of Hypoglycaemia for Infants and Children
- Dietary Management of Reactive Hypoglycaemia
- Eatwell Plate / Healthy Eating
- Exercise and Insulin
- Food and Insulin Diary
- Gluten Free Diet for Children and Young People
- Healthy Eating for Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes
- Healthy Snack Ideas
- Help my child gain weight on a milk free diet
- How to gain weight for children and young people
- Increasing dietary fibre
- It's all about Eggs!
- It's all about Nuts!
- Lactose Free Diet for Children
- Legume Allergy
- Low K Snack
- Nausea Vomiting and Loss of Appetite
- Nourishing Drinks and Puddings
- Weight Management for Children and Young People
Useful Links
Guide for children with autism:
- Autism UK: Eating - a guide for all audiences
- British Dietetic Association: Autism and diet
St Peter’s NICU:
