Specialist Dietetics

We support:

• Children receiving enteral feeding to ensure sufficient nutritional intake and adequate growth
• Children in special schools who may need nutritional support to optimise growth and development
• Children who have a very restricted diet or nutritional deficiencies 

We work collaboratively with families, schools, paediatricians and other therapy services such as community children’s nurses, specialist eating and drinking, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists to provide care to children and their families.

Appointments are offered at relevant special schools or at your child’s home, nursery or respite care setting. When you have an appointment with the specialist dietician, your child’s nutritional intake will be assessed, along with other issues affecting it. We’ll work with you to develop a dietetic plan. This appointment might be with just the dietician,  jointly with other relevant staff, or your paediatric consultant or community children’s nurse. 

We accept referrals from any relevant healthcare practitioner. 

When making a referral, please provide details of the child or young person’s height, weight and change in weight centiles over the last six months. 

Please note we do not accept referrals for weight management. For useful information and advice please visit the Eating, allergies and healthy lifestyle page. 

Our team can be contacted via email or telephone. Please note that our team members all work part-time and that your request may not be responded to within the same working day.

Email: mailbox.cypfnd@berkshire.nhs.uk

Tel: 0118 904 6777