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BUDDSBarnet Unified Document
for Down Syndrome

Paediatric Dietetic Service

Oral and non-oral feeding support, paediatric dietetic referrals, appointments, and home enteral feeding

Barnet Paediatric Dietetic Service - Oral Feeding

Barnet Paediatric Dietetic Service only accept referrals from Paediatric consultants and does not accept referrals for patients with the following conditions:

  • Simple overweight/obesity, unless you have a comorbidity, e.g. Down Syndrome/Autism.
  • Fussy eaters (if no faltering growth). Please refer back to GP to be seen by Health Visitors/Children's Centres.
  • General Weaning Advice. Please refer back to GP to be seen by Health Visitors/ Children's Centres.
  • Iron Deficiency Anaemia.
  • Constipation.
  • Eating disorders.

Referrals can be made online using the EPR system (dietician - paediatric form) or in writing.

Parent leaflet: Paediatric Nutrition and Dietetic Service.

Email: rf-tr.bcfhdieteticpaeds@nhs.net.

Referrals and Appointments

Internal referrals - There is currently an internal EPR issue with some referrals being cancelled automatically by EPR. Please refresh after the referral is made.

When raising a paediatric dietetic referral:

  1. Click on "request/care plan" on the left-hand tab.
  2. Click on the "add" tab.
  3. Please type "dietitian", and that should quickly take you to.
  4. Diet - Paed OP referral (BH).
  5. Complete the referral as before.

If you have a Barnet Hospital general patient query, please email the generic Paediatric DT email on rf-tr.bcfhdieteticpaeds@nhs.net and one of the Paediatric DTs will respond to your query.

For Royal Free Hospital patients, call 0207 794 0500 ext 35716.

Home Enteral Paediatric Dietician - Non Oral Feeding

Referral forms.

New home enteral feeders (HEFT) (this is a different part of the dietetic service).

Note: Some children with DS who also have a significant cardiac history as well may well have a period of non-oral feeding/ NGT (nasogastric tube) feed - some children go on to have PEG (gastrostomy) and these children need to be seen by both SLT (Dysphagia team/speech and language therapist) and specialist HEFT (home enteral feeding) Dietitian.

Children's Dietetics home enteral feeding referral form.

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