Appointments

Your first telephone consultation with the Dietitian will last about half an hour and the Dietitian will be in a quiet, private room to ensure confidentiality.

 You are welcome to have a friend or relative with you on speaker phone, especially if they do most of the cooking or shopping or if their support is important to you.

 If your telephone appointment is not suitable, please contact us to either rearrange or cancel. This will allow us to offer the appointment to someone else and help reduce our waiting lists.

If you do not attend your telephone appointment without letting us know, you will be discharged from our service. Your referrer and GP will be informed.

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics trains students and there may be occasions where a Student Dietitian is present at your telephone appointment. If you would prefer them not to be present, please feel free to tell us.

If you have been offered a video appointment, use this link to take you there. It will also be on your appointment letter. This is information about how to prepare for your video call.

Your first video consultation with the Dietitian

Your first video consultation with the Dietitian will last about half an hour and the Dietitian will be in a quiet, private room to ensure confidentiality.

Video calls are secure; your privacy is protected. You have your own private video room that only an authorised Dietitian can enter.

You are welcome to have a friend or relative with you, especially if they do most of the cooking or shopping or if their support is important to you.

If your video appointment is not suitable, please contact us to either rearrange or cancel. This will allow us to offer the appointment to someone else and help reduce our waiting lists.

If you do not attend your telephone appointment without letting us know, you will be discharged from our service. Your referrer and GP will be informed.

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics trains students and there may be occasions where a Student Dietitian is present on your video call appointment. If you would prefer them not to be present, please feel free to tell us.

Your first meeting with the Dietitian will take place in a quiet room, ensuring confidentiality and will last about half an hour.

The Dietitian will aim to see or speak with you promptly and within thirty minutes of your appointment time. You will be offered an explanation if further delays are expected.

The Clinic Appointments are held at:
St Anne’s Primary Care Centre

Moor Park Health and Leisure Centre

Fleetwood Hospital

You are welcome to have a friend or relative present especially if they do most of the cooking or shopping or if their support is important to you.

If your appointment is not suitable, please contact us to either rearrange or cancel. This will allow us to offer the appointment to someone else and help reduce our waiting lists.

If you do not attend your appointment without letting us know, you will be discharged from our service. Your referrer and GP will be informed.

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics trains students and there may be occasions where a Student Dietitian is present at your appointment. If you would prefer them not to be present, please feel free to tell us.

We offer Group Education Sessions for patients who are newly diagnosed with Coeliac Disease.

Once we receive a referral from your G.P or health professional, we will write to you offering, a 1:1 Clinic Appointment OR an invitation to join one of our Group Education Sessions via video link or at a health centre.

Who we provide home visits for?
Home visits are only available for housebound patients and residents of Nursing Homes and Care Homes that meet our referral criteria.

Visits will only be undertaken if necessary and advice may be given over the phone, if deemed appropriate.

For additional support, you are welcome to have a friend, family member, or carer present at the home visit appointment.

Please be aware that it is now Trust Policy that all pets are secured away when a member of staff is visiting.

We ask that you, or people you share your home with refrain from smoking whilst the visit takes place and that you ensure the room is well ventilated if smoking has taken place prior to the visit.

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics trains students and there may be occasions where a Student Dietitian is present at your home visit appointment. If you would prefer them not to be present, please feel free to tell us.