Diet and Nutrition

Departmental Introduction

Registered Dietitians (RDs) are the only qualified health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems at an individual and wider public health level. Uniquely, 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.

Dietitians are the only nutrition professionals to be statutorily regulated, and governed by an ethical code, to ensure that they always work to the highest standard. Dietitians work in the NHS, private practice, industry, education, research, sport, media, public relations, publishing, NGOs and government. Their advice influences food and health policy across the spectrum from government, local communities and individuals.

The title dietitian can only be used by those appropriately trained professionals who have registered with the Health Professions Council and whose details are on the HPC web site.

All dietitians working within MEHT are HPC registered

Services

• Assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of diet and nutritionally related health issues, and general nutritional advice.

Location

Main office: East Wing Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, CM1 7ET
Out patient clinics: various sites across the Trust premises.

Referrals

At the present time people cannot self refer to a dietitian for advice, you must be referred by another health professional such as your GP, practice nurse, health visitor or a hospital doctor.

Staff

The department here at Mid Essex currently has 15 clinical staff, covering a wide range of areas such as burns and plastics, diabetes, renal disease, head and neck cancers and paediatrics as well as medicine and surgery, including orthopaedics. You can check if your dietitian is registered to practice in the UK by looking on the Health Professions Website, at www.hpc-uk.org. All dietitians working within MEHT are HPC registered
 
Pauline J Bird - Clinical Manager
Judy Molyneux - Deputy manager & Clinical Lead Burns, Plastics, Cleft & Head + Neck Cancer
VACANT - Advanced Specialist Dietitian Diabetes
Bridget Lee - Advanced Specialist Dietitian Diabetes
Jane Pearce - Advanced Specialist Dietitian Paediatrics
Lorraine Hollis - Advanced Specialist Dietitian Intermediate Care & Primary Care
Annette Jones - Advanced Specialist Dietitian Renal
Millie Olu - Advanced Specialist Dietitian Primary Care & Community Nutrition Support
VACANT - Specialist Dietitian Primary Care & Community Nutrition Support
Lisa Oakey - Specialist Dietitian Burns, Plastics, Cleft & Head + Neck Cancer
Amy Rudd - Specialist Dietitian Burns, Plastics, Cleft & Head + Neck Cancer
Norma Doucet - Specialist Dietitian Renal & General
Emma Robinson - Specialist Dietitian General
Michelle Tuohy - Dietitian
Jane Cunningham - Dietitian

Carly Mann - Departmental secretary and PA to Mrs Bird