Prior to referral, please direct patients to our patient resources and leaflets.

Adult referral criteria

There are several ways you can be seen by a Registered Dietitian. Please see the Dietetic Referral Criteria for information on how to refer to the dietitian.

If you are a patient, please ask a registered healthcare professional or GP to refer you to the dietitian. If you have a question about your appointment, such as changing or cancelling, please get in touch. 

Please complete the dietetic referral form and email to: cdda-tr.centralbooking@nhs.net. Alternatively, please complete an electronic referral on SystmOne. Please include as much information as possible for the reason for the referral and medical conditions.

We accept referrals for individuals requiring dietetic advice for:

  • Undernutrition - identified as high risk of undernutrition ('MUST' 2 or more) as outlined in the prescribing pathway.
  • Altered consistency food and fluids with evidence of undernutrition ('MUST' of 1 or more)
  • Diabetes (excluding patients on Care +, or Care ++)
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Coeliac disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Gastroenterology conditions where nutritional status is compromised (e.g. dumping syndrome, gastroparesis)
  • Confirmed food allergy or intolerance
  • Lipid management
  • Nutritional deficiency
  • Renal (where nutritional status is compromised, unless under a renal MDT)
  • End of life care (please contact 01388 455200 for further guidance)

We currently do not accept referrals for:

  • Weight reduction advice
  • Eating disorder (Please refer to Mental Health Dietetics at Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust).

The resident should be high risk ('MUST' 2 or more) and already trialled food based treatments and powdered nutritional supplement. However, urgently refer the resident to the dietitian if recommended thickened fluids and is high risk of undernutrition and requires nutritional supplements. This is to ensure the resident is prescribed the safe consistency of nutritional supplements.

Please refer via the GP or Community Matron/Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) using the Dietetic Referral Form. Please provide the refer with as much relevant information as possible, such as changes in weight, risk of undernutrition/'MUST', types of nutrition treatments already trialed, other medical conditions, such as dysphagia. Refer to the care home referral criteria.

For further information about the Weight and Wellbeing Service, how to refer and our referral criteria, please view this information. 

Please email a completed Northern Nutrition Network referral form to: cdda-tr.HEF@nhs.net or call us: 01388 455 744 for more information. For further information please see Tube Feeding at Home.

For further information about referring to the dietitian, please contact the Central Appointments Team by email: cdda-tr.centralbooking@nhs.net or call: 01388 455 200

Paediatric referral criteria

We provide a service for patients who meet our referral criteria in the Durham and Chester-Le-Street, Durham Dales, Derwentside, Sedgefield and Darlington localities. If the child or young person's GP falls under the Easington locality, please refer to the North Tees and Hartlepool dietetics department. Please ensure all relevant information is included as stipulated in the referral document to avoid delay in processing and/or the referral being rejected due to insufficient information. Our paediatric team supports the following conditions:

  • Faltering growth (weight loss)
  • Home Enteral Feeding
  • Gastrointestinal disorders (Coeliac Disease)
  • Food Allergies
  • Diabetes

Please see patient referral criteria for more information.

Weight management

We do not accept referrals for children's weight management (obesity), but Healthcare Professionals can refer patients into the Paediatric Weight Management Service via a seperate referral form. They accept children with a BMI above the 99.6th centile, or above 98th centile with co-morbidities / aged under 2 years.