Norfolk Specialist Learning Disability Dietetics Team
We see patients with a learning disability for a range of nutritional concerns. We ensure our patients receive the correct person-centred dietary advice that is tailored to their needs. We consider their learning disability, with reasonable adjustments made to support them where necessary.
We see patients with a learning disability for a range of nutritional concerns including:
- nutrition support
- type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- allergies
- intolerances
- coeliac disease
- IBS
- metabolic conditions
- weight management
- vitamin and mineral deficiencies
We tailor our advice to create bespoke dietary advice for our patients.
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Referral
We accept referrals from GPs and care providers. You will need to send a completed referral form to your local Learning Disability Team.
Eligibility
We will accept accept referrals for people with a learning disability (and a dietary need) who meet two or more of our criteria:
- Unable to have their mental health or physical needs met through mainstream service provision with support and reasonable adjustments.
- Presenting behaviours that challenges, where the behaviour is of the severity and frequency to cause significant risk to self, others or the environment.
- Requires an integrated specialist learning disability team approach to care and other learning disability health professionals are involved at the same time.
- The learning disability is impacting their ability to engage or comply with therapy or treatment. For example, it has had an impact on most areas of their live, significantly reduced their ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills or reduced skills to cope with independence in everyday life.
Contact us
North Norfolk telephone number - 01263 676111
South Norfolk telephone number - 01953 450800
East Norfolk telephone number - 01553 666688
West Norfolk telephone number - 01493 448400
Norwich (city) telephone number - 01603 638520
