Children's Nutrition and Dietetics Service

The Children's Nutrition and Dietetics Service provides specialist dietary intervention for babies, children and young people from birth to 16 years of age (and sometimes up to 19 years).

Paediatric Dietitians support children, young people and their families where nutrition or special diets are part of their treatment.

Once a referral has been accepted, the child will be assessed and treated as appropriate. Children will be seen in a variety of locations. This could be at a clinic (Macclesfield District General Hospital, Waters Green Medical Cetre) home, nursery, school, special school, or in a virtual group education session using MS Teams.

Scroll down to bottom for page for printable resources if you have attended one of our virtual group education sessions.

Days Open:

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday

Time and date frequency:

• Daily

Times available:

• Morning
• Afternoon

When is it on:

We run clinics at various locations throughout the week. Our office hours are 8.30am until 4pm Monday to Friday.

The Service is provided

by:

• Telephone
• Email
• Face-to-face

Referral Information:

Referrals to the Paediatric Dietitians can be made from any health professional including GPs, health visitors, consultants or other Allied Health Professionals (such as SLT, OT, Physio).

The referrer will complete a referral form providing relevant medical information and reason for referral. This helps the clinician decide what type of assessment and where to assess. All referrals should be sent to ecn-tr.paediatricdietitians@nhs.net

Our service supports children and young people with:

• Faltering growth
• Nutritional Deficiencies e.g. iron deficiency anaemia
• Cows Milk Protein Allergy
• Food Allergies
• Coeliac Disease
• Type 1 Diabetes.
• Feeding difficulties including use of feeding tubes.
• Restricted eating

Our service is not commissioned to provide support with weight management/obesity.

Contact details

Phone number for Paediatric Dietitians: 01625 663426.

Email: ecn-tr.paediatricdietitians@nhs.net.

We aim to respond to queries within five working days.

Address: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, New Alderley House, East Cheshire NHS Trust, Macclesfield District General Hospital, Victoria Road, Macclesfield, SK10 3BL.