Welcome to the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Portsmouth NHS Trust employ a team of dietitians across a wide variety of clinical specialities and settings.  The department also has an essential core of support staff who ensure a professional service is provided.  

All our dietitians are trained professionals, holding an undergraduate BSc Dietetics degree or postgraduate equivalent, and are registered to practice with the Health Professions Council.  You can check whether the dietitian you are seeing is registered with the Health Professions Council by visiting their website at:

http://www.hpc-uk.org/

All our contact details are listed on this website together with several pages of dietary information on various health issues.  We have also included some diet-sheets which you can print to get you started before you see your dietitian.

The dietitians work and are based in various areas including:

• Acute adult dietitians providing both in-patient and outpatient services at Queen Alexandra and St Mary’s Hospitals
• Renal dietitians based at the Wessex Renal & Translant Unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital, providing dietetic service across the region
• Paediatric dietitians working within the Paediatric unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital
• Diabetes dietitians based in the Diabetes Centre at Queen Alexandra Hospital
• Oncology dietitians providing in-patient and out-patient services to cancer patients at Quenn Alexandra Hospital
• Community dietitians providing a service to GP clinics, as well as educational programs, throughout Hampshire PCT and Portsmouth City PCT
• Mental Health dietitians covering Hampshire Partnership Trust services and Portsmouth City PCT
• Learning Disabilities dietitians covering Hampshire Partnership Trust services and Portsmouth City PCT

Do you know the difference between a Dietitian and a Nutrition Therapist?

The British Dietetic Association explain the major differences in this leaflet.