Services

With so much importance surrounding children's nutrition and a growing pressure felt by parents to 'get it right', Lucy is here to help you as an expert infant and children's dietitian. Lucy provides both online and face-to-face dietetic consultations, case management support, feeding therapy and clinical supervision for other professionals. Scroll down to find out more about the services offered by Lucy, and how she can support you and your family.

"Lucy is an exceptional Dietitian who without we would be lost. My eldest daughter was diagnosed with faltering growth by Lucy and she has supported us as a family to help her put on weight and grow as she should via dietary changes. My son was diagnosed with a cows milk protein allergy and Lucy has been there every step of the way to support us when he was an infant, through the weaning process and beyond. She is knowledgeable, approachable and professional. She is an absolue expert in her field and we trust her judgement implicitly."
​- Lucy Bates

Dietetic Consultations

Lucy can provide one-to-one dietetic and nutrition consultations for infants or children, either at her clinic base or via video consultation from the comfort of your own home.  She holds clinics weekly and can accommodate evenings if necessary to ensure a time that works for you.
 
Lucy can you and your child with:

​✨ Fussy eating or food refusal
✨ Growth concerns, including faltering growth or obesity 
✨ Food allergy or intolerance, including in breastfed babies 
✨ Nutritional deficiencies e.g. iron-deficiency anaemia 
✨ Nutritional difficulties due to medical or developmental conditions 
✨ Complementary feeding (weaning) advice 
✨ Vegetarian or vegan diets 
 ✨ Gastrointestinal complaints such as reflux or constipation 
✨ Highly selective diets, avoidant and/or restrictive eating habits 
✨ Enteral tube weaning (where appropriate) 
✨Supporting family mealtimes

A 60-minute initial consultation will include (as required) an assessment of:
✨ Growth & growth history ✨ Dietary intake and nutritional adequacy ✨ Feeding and mealtimes (may include a request for video mealtime footage) ✨​ Clinical requirements such as reviewing blood tests, or allergy test results 
​✨ Advice, guidance and support will be provided on the basis of the assessment, alongside a full written report and guidance. 

​Follow-up or review packages can be arranged depending on individual needs and requirements.

Case Management

Lucy has extensive experience of working with Case Managers, and providing dietetic services to support work with children who have brain injury and/or complex and varied neurodevelopmental difficulties.  She has proven ability to work within established multidisciplinary teams, and provide integrated treatment plans.  She has a sound understanding and experience of the litigation process framework, and provision with reporting requirements.
 
Lucy currently provides her nutrition and dietetic services for case managed clients as part of the Integrated Therapy Solutions Team.  For more information or to make an enquiry for dietetic services for a case managed child, please click here.

Feeding Therapy

Lucy is a trained feeding therapist with the SOS approach to feeding, and has many years experience working within a multidisciplinary feeding clinic.  She is part of an award-winning integrated therapy team that deliver individualised and effective feeding therapy programmes for children with more complex or challenging feeding difficulties. The team has recently launched its feeding therapy service as a not for profit organisation – The Feeding Trust.  To find out more, click here

Clinical Supervision

Lucy offers clinical supervision for NHS or Freelance Dietitians, Dietetic Assistants or Nutritionists working with infants and children. One-to-one or group supervision packages can be arranged depending on clinical or individual requirements. Supervision can be arranged face to face, via telephone, email or video call.  Shadowing sessions can also be arranged (freelance practice or feeding therapy only) on request.
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