Our nutrition and dietetic teams assess dietary intake and provide nutrition advice to help people understand the impact of diet on their health and well-being, helping people live longer, healthier lives.
Depending on need, clients are seen in home visit, nursing home or outpatient clinic setting.
You can read more about the nutrition and dietetics services we provide across London below.
In Barnet the nutrition support service provides advice and support to patient’s requiring oral nutrition support for malnutrition and home enteral tube feeding for patients unable to meet their requirements orally. The service also provides weight management dietetic clinics for obesity.
All services run from Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 unless otherwise stated.
Referrals for home enteral tube feeding will generally come via the acute hospital dietetic service when the patient is discharged with a feeding tube in situ-feeding may be short or long-term. Our community team will accept referrals from GPs and allied healthcare professionals to assess if a patient is appropriate for tube placement and initiation of feeding in hospital.
Referrals can be made to the nutrition support malnutrition service by GPs, allied healthcare professionals, hospital dietitians and care home staff, providing they meet the appropriate criteria.
Referrals can be made to our weight management dietetic clinics by GPs and allied healthcare professionals, providing they meet the appropriate criteria.
Eligibility criteria
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Please note, our services are only suitable for patients that live in Barnet, are registered with a Barnet GP and are aged 18+ years; patients who do not meet this criterion will not be accepted.
For the Home Enteral Tube Feeding Service:
- Any patient who has a feeding tube in situ
- Patients with a neurology diagnosis such as MS and MMD will need to be referred to Royal Free Hosptial
For the Nutrition Support Service:
- Has a BMI <18. 5kg/m2 (no diagnosis of eating disorder)
- BMI 18.5–20 kg/m2 & unplanned weight loss > 5 % within the last 3-6 months (with evidence)
- Unplanned weight loss >10% within the last 3-6 months (with evidence)
- Prescribed oral nutritional supplements
- Mid-upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) <23.5cm & unplanned weight loss >5% (with evidence)
For the Weight Management service:
White and European Population:
•BMI 40+
•BMI > 35 plus two co-morbidities*
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Population:
• BMI 37.5+
• BMI > 32.5 plus two co-morbidities*
*Examples of co-morbidities include: hyperlipidaemia, diabetes (not newly diagnosed), metabolic syndrome, hypothyroid, PCOS, hypertension, poor mobility (resulting in disability), sleep apnoea, infertility.
How to refer
Home Enteral Tube Feeding contact number
Nutrition Support and Weight Management contact number
Home Enteral Tube Feeding contact email address
Nutrition Support and Weight Management contact email address
Our nutrition and dietetics team in Brent look after both adults and children who have conditions related to nutrition.
As well as treating you, we aim to prevent you from becoming unwell by:
- sharing our expert knowledge of nutrition with you
- encouraging and motivating you to make choices that will be good for your health, where you need this
- supporting you to develop individual dietary goals.
Who we see:
We work in a number of areas, including:
- diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- malnutrition
- palliative care
- children’s health
- weight management
- health promotion and preventing disease
- HIV
- therapeutic diets (such as gluten free diets for people with coeliac disease)
- home enteral tube feeding
- adult mental health.
Contact information
- Telephone: 020 8102 3456
- Email address: clcht.brentspa@nhs.net
Referral information
Routine referrals will come through to the Brent SPA. The SPA will be available from 08:00 to 17:00. Outside of the SPA opening times, please use the SPA number and your call will be routed directly to the clinical teams that operate out of these hours. To contact the SPA, telephone 020 8102 3456 or email clcht.brentspa@nhs.net.
The following services are provided in these boroughs:
Adult gastroenterology
Useful information
- Information on coeliac disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - British Dietetics Society
- Patient Webinars - Information on coeliac disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, reflux disease, diverticular disease
- Information on diverticular disease - Guts UK
Adult nutrition support
Useful information
- Spotting and Treating Malnutrition, Hydration in Older Adults, and Pressure Injuries - British Dietetics Association
- Patients Association Nutrition Checklist - Patient Association Organisation
- Eating and drinking for a person with dementia - Dementia UK
Adult home enteral tube feeding
Our nutrition and dietetic teams also deliver individual and group clinical services, providing therapeutic diets to educate and promote lifestyle changes.
Our team delivers services in a number of areas including:
- Nutrition support and home enteral tube feeding
- Gastro dietetics
The following healthcare professionals can refer into this service:
- For nutrition support and gastro patients: GPs and healthcare professionals
- For home enteral tube feed patients: GPs, hospital dietitians, district nurses
If your referral is for enteral tube feeding, please contact the team directly on CLCHT.Enteralfeeding@nhs.net to request a copy of the referral pack.
Referrers and patients can contact our Single Point of Access (SPA):
Clinician queries only:
- T: 0208 102 5555
- E: cbo@nhs.net (Mon to Fri, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm)
Patient queries only:
- T: 0208 102 5555
- E: clcht.bookingsupport@nhs.net (Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm)
Referral form: revised nutrition support & gastro referral form
Our Community Dietetic service provides individual assessment and advice in a clinic setting, if you have a condition related to nutrition such as:
- diabetes
- cholesterol
- obesity
- irritable bowel syndrome
- malnutrition.
We also provide:
- nutritional support and advice for you and your carers at home, or in residential or nursing home
- Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN). This helps us get you home quickly and easily if you need tube feeding at home, and provides you with high quality care and support.
- health promotion. This includes working closely with public health to raise awareness of how a healthy diet and lifestyle can prevent of nutrition-related conditions (such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and obesity).
Location and contact information
- Telephone: 0300 555 8889 - phone lines are open 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday and 8am - 4pm Saturdays including Bank Holidays.
- Email address: CLCHTHarrowAdultCommunityHealthServices@nhs.net (For all other queries, email: CLCHT.HarrowNutritionDietetics@nhs.net)
- Location: 275 Alexander avenue, Harrow HA2 9DX
Referral information:
You can send email referrals to CLCHTHarrowAdultCommunityHealthServices@nhs.net.
You can also contact our Single Point of Access for the team via telephone on 0300 555 8889.
The community dietetics service provides nutritional management for patients referred with clinical conditions and helps prevent further complications. The service supports patients and carers to achieve agreed nutritional related goals.
Inclusion criteria
- Over 18 years of age and registered with a Merton GP.
Contact information
- Write to us: PO Box 70926, London SW19 9FS
- Phone: 0333 004 7555
- Email: clcht.mertonspa@nhs.net
Referral forms:
Yes, for some boroughs.
For Barnet, yes for home enteral tube feeding and Barnet malnutrition services, but not for weight management and obesity.
Edgware Community Hospital
- Address: Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD
- Phone: 0220 8952 2381
- Obesity clinic: Tuesdays, 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Malnutrition clinic: Fridays, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Finchley Memorial Hospital
- Address: Granville Road, North Finchley, London, N12 0JE
- Obesity clinic: Wednesdays, 9.30am to 4.30pm
- Malnutrition clinic: Tuesdays, 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Richford Gate Primary Care Centre
- Address: 49 Richford Gate, Richford Gate, Richford Street, London, W6 7HY
- Phone: 020 8102 3600
- Services provided here: Gastro and Nutrition Support
Colville Centre
- Services provided here: Gastro
Lisson Grove Health Centre
- Address: Gateforth Street, London, NW8 8EG
- Services provided here: Gastro, Diabetes and Nutrition Support
- Phone: 020 7563 6100
Health at the Stowe
- Address: 260 Harrow Road, London, W2 5Es
- Services provided here: Gastro and Nutrition Support
- Phone: 020 7316 6800
Parsons Green Health Centre
- Address: 5-7 Parsons Green, London, SW6 4UL
- Phone: 020 8102 4000
- Services provided here: Gastro and Nutrition Support
Violet Melchett Clinic
- Address: 30 Flood Walk, London, SW3 5RR
- Phone: 020 7349 2800
- Services provided here: Gastro and Nutrition Support
South Westminster Centre for Health
- Address: St Georges House, 82 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2PF
- Phone: 020 7963 2444
- Services provided here: Nutrition Support
Morden Road
- Address: London, SW19 3DA
- Phone: 020 8254 8484
Patrick Doody
- Address: 79 Pelham Road, London, SW19 1NX
- Phone: 020 8254 8310
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