Nutrition and Dietetics

You may need to see us if you:

• are underweight or losing weight
• require food fortification advice, oral or artificial nutrition support
• are overweight
• are allergic (or suspect you’re allergic) or intolerant to certain foods
• need help to meet nutritional requirements based on a clinical diagnosis
• are at risk of ill health in the future which can be reduced by changing what you eat.

You may have been referred to us from your GP, another healthcare professional such as a speech and language therapist or from one of the departments in our hospitals.

We assess, treat and diagnose patients with acute needs at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospital. We see patients on hospital wards who are staying as inpatients, who are receiving care in our Cancer Care Unit and those who have outpatient appointments.

We also work in the community in GP clinics, health centres, community hospitals, (including Amersham and Buckingham Hospitals), care homes, nursing homes and patients’ own homes.

• 4 Step Bowel Obstruction Diet
• Dietary information for people with a colostomy
• Dietary Information for people with an ileostomy
• Eating and drinking as conditions progress
• Eating and drinking for people with dementia
• Eating and drinking with acknowledged risk
• Energy dense diet for children
• Food First: Advice for eating well if you have lost weight or are underweight
• Food first: guide to fortifying food
• Food first: high calorie snacks
• Food First: Homemade supplement record sheet
• Food first: homemade supplements
• Food first: how to prepare a pint of fortified milk
• Food first: making mealtimes easier
• Food First: Over the counter supplements
• Food First: Quick guide to eating an extra 500 calories per day
• Food safety guidance during neutropenia
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Low fibre diet
• Managing taste changes
• Nutrition and long COVID
• Way Forward Bucks – information for healthcare professionals
• Way Forward Bucks – information for patients

Food first nutrition resources

• Eating and drinking as conditions progress
• Eating and drinking for people with dementia
• Food First: Advice for eating well if you have lost weight or are underweight
• Food first: guide to fortifying food
• Food first: high calorie snacks
• Food First: Homemade supplement record sheet
• Food first: homemade supplements
• Food first: how to prepare a pint of fortified milk
• Food first: making mealtimes easier
• Food First: Over the counter supplements
• Food First: Quick guide to eating an extra 500 calories per day

Watch a video on how to make …

Fortified milk

Fortified milkshake

Fortified fruit juice

• Healthy Eating: Food Fact Sheet (Association of UK Dietitians)
• Managing weight with a learning disability (NHS website) 
• Irritable bowel syndrome (NHS patient webinar)
• Irritable bowel syndrome food factsheet (Association of UK Dietitians)
• Managing Type 2 diabetes (Live well stay well)
• A guide for signs that you may need nutritional help or extra nourishment and what to do next (The Patients’ Association)
• COVID recovery – Eating well (NHS)
• Long Covid and Diet: Food Fact Sheet (Association of UK Dietitians)