In this section...

  1. Acute Physiotherapy
  2. Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN)
  3. Chiari malformation and syringomyella
  4. Cognitive neurology
  5. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
  6. Dietetic Services
  7. Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  8. Endoscopic (keyhole) spinal surgery
  9. Epilepsy
  10. Epilepsy specialist nurse service
  11. Epilepsy surgery
  12. Essential tremor - Ultrasound thalamotomy
  13. Evoked potentials (EP)
  14. Facial pain
  15. Fluroscopy
  16. Functional Neurological Disorders Service (FNDS)
  17. Headache service
  18. Hydrocephalus, CSF disorders and spina bifida
  19. Infection prevention and control
  20. Integrated Neurology Nurse Service
  21. Interventional Radiology
  22. Major Trauma service
  23. Motor neurone disease
  24. Multiple sclerosis
  25. Multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse service
  26. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and Electromyography (EMG)
  27. Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care
  28. Neurogenetic disorders
  29. Neurological long-term conditions OT service
  30. Neurological Long Term Conditions Physiotherapy Team (LTC)
  31. Neurology
  32. Neuromodulation for Pain and Pelvic Floor Instability
  33. Neuromuscular disorders
  34. Neuromyelitis optica
  35. Neuro-Oncology Department
  36. Neuropathic pain (nerve pain)
  37. Neurophysiology Department
  38. Neuropsychiatry
  39. Neuropsychology Department
  40. Neuropsychology inpatient service
  41. Neuroradiology
  42. Neuroscience Laboratories
  43. Neurosurgery
  44. Neurovascular surgery and intervention
  45. Pain Management Programme
  46. Pain medicine
  47. Palliative care pain
  48. Parkinson's disease Nurse Specialists
  49. Pre-operative Assessment Team
  50. Physiotherapy botulinum toxin service
  51. Rehabilitation
  52. Research
  53. Respiratory Physiotherapy Team
  54. Speech and Language Therapy
  55. Spinal surgery
  56. Surgical management of chronic pain
  57. Surgical, Medical, Acute Response Team (SMART)
  58. Theatres
  59. Therapies Department
  60. Tissue viability
  61. Trauma Therapy Team

Dietetic Services

 

Dietitian

A dietitian is a healthcare professional qualified at degree level and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), who helps to promote nutritional wellbeing, treat disease, and prevent nutrition related problems. They provide practical and safe advice which is based on current scientific evidence. Dietitians are the only nutrition professionals to be regulated by law and governed by an ethical code, to ensure that they always work to the highest standard. Specialist Dietitians working within the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics are responsible for assessing the nutritional needs and requirements of all inpatients at The Walton Centre and on the Complex Rehabilitation Unit (CRU).

 

Tailored nutrition

They aim to deliver tailored nutrition support to meet patient requirements dependent upon various factors including age, gender, nutritional status, and medical condition. Dietitians recommend and review the most appropriate route of nutrition by providing tailored feeding regimens which could be through oral intake, enteral tube feeding or intravenous feeding.

The aim of nutritional therapy is to enable patients to optimise their nutritional status during acute episodes of illness and to support the rehabilitation process.

 

Dietetic services

Our dietitians work closely with patients, relatives, and carers to formulate appropriate dietary interventions that specifically address the needs and requirements of the individual. Close collaboration with other departments and healthcare professionals ensures that nutritional therapies and treatments are also supported by key members of the multi-disciplinary team.

The Dietetic Services Team strive to:

  • Deliver high quality, evidenced-based nutritional care to patients with neurological conditions to improve their outcomes
  • Be recognised and respected nationally as dietetic experts in the field of neurosciences
  • Support each other to progress and develop within a positive, enjoyable, and supportive work environment whilst maintaining quality and productivity


This service is available Monday to Friday: 8am – 4pm (excluding weekends and bank holidays)

 

Referral information

All hospital inpatients on admission should be screened for risk of malnutrition. If indicated, a referral will be made to the dietitians. Nursing and medical staff can make a referral to the dietitians during an inpatient stay.

 

Contact information

0151 556 3865
 

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Eating well during your hospital stay