Notts Community Dietitians

01/10/2025

October is national cholesterol month!
Why not try HEART UK's challenge to introduce one dietary change that can help your cholesterol, each month:

National Cholesterol Month 2024

Did you know that 1 in 2 adults in the UK have high cholesterol? It’s more common than you think — but that doesn’t mean it has to be out of your control. Be the boss of your cholesterol

09/06/2025

This week is Diabetes week.

Diabetes UK are raising awareness of the healthcare checks that everyone with Diabetes should be having every year.

If you have a diagnosis of, or know someone with a diagnosis of Diabetes, or are a healthcare professional caring for someone with Diabetes, make sure you take a look at this link:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes/looking-after-diabetes/care-to-expect

Stay tuned for more Notts Community Dietitians posts for Diabetes week!

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07/06/2025

Virtual group education 💻 in Type 2 Diabetes

Earlier in the week we discussed the benefits of virtual patient groups.
This morning, a group of 8 participants have just completed part 2 of the DESMOND course, for people with a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes, via MS Teams.

Some members of the group were newly diagnosed and others had been diagnosed for a number of years, but shared great ideas and learned a lot from eachother about managing diabetes.

To find out more about DESMOND including how to self refer, visit:
https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/desmond-programme-for-type-2-diabetes/

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06/06/2025

Today we are sharing a couple of things that excite us about the future of dietetics (other than getting more likes on our page 😊)!
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06/06/2025

It’s the final day of dietitians week, we hope you have enjoyed our posts. Please like and follow our page in the future for nutritional updates and dietary tips….

06/06/2025

A Poem, for the final day of !
By Rebecca, Community Dietitian

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05/06/2025

Hi I'm Cindy one of the Community Dietitians in the team. On 4 days a week I work for the NHS and 1 day a week I work as a Freelance Dietitian. I've been doing this for around 5 years now and allows me to gain even more knowledge within dietetics.

It's great that I can share knowledge between both roles, which is the beauty of the profession. There is also a freelance dietitian platform, where dietitians can openly ask & share information so you never feel alone.

05/06/2025

The pioneers of dietetics
You may remember from last year we heard from Claire Flint, assistant dietetic practitioner about her journey on to the apprenticeship course, during which she won the Trust’s AHP appreciation award for Student, Apprentice or Preceptee of the Year.



We are ecstatic to report that she completed her course earlier this year and is now a registered Dietitian working within the community team!!!! This was pioneering in the true sense of the word; she was the first intake on this course, and she was one of the first AHPs to complete an apprenticeship within our Trust. Well done Claire!
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There are many routes into a dietetics career. Assistant Dietetic Practitioner and student dietitian Claire shares her apprenticeship journey with our Community Dietetics team. You can read more on the Trust’s blog: https://orlo.uk/gRUGZ Notts Community Dietitians British Dietetic Association

05/06/2025

Day 4️⃣: Dietitians week!

Today we are spending time thinking about Pioneers of Dietetics, but first we thought we would recap on what is a dietitian ♥️ and how do we help people:


Dietitians are essential healthcare professionals who help people make informed choices about their eating behaviours and how this impacts their health.🥗🍽️🥣

Our expertise contributes to disease prevention, recovery from illness, improved quality of life, and overall well-being at all points through a person’s life. 💪


Oh and we also love food 😊 😋


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04/06/2025

Last but by no means least, we hear from Ben. Ben has been with our team for 18 months now and has just finished his preceptorship year. British Dietetic Association Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Notts Healthcare staff

04/06/2025

Dietitian's week - celebrating progress! 🎉

⭐️ As a team we are always striving to make positive changes to improve the service, including in DESMOND Type 2 Diabetes groups. This includes improving how DESMOND sessions are delivered to or accessed by participants, but also methods of improving educator knowledge, helping us to provide the highest standard of care.

🏆 We were honoured to have this work recognised in November when we won the National DESMOND Innovation award!

We are currently working on a project with patients and GP surgery staff to find out what barriers people face in attending DESMOND & how to overcome them, and hope this will help improve uptake & accessibility to DESMOND in the future.

💻 DESMOND can be accessed as a face to face group, virtual group or via e learning (myDESMOND).


To find out more about DESMOND in Nottinghamshire, visit: https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/desmond-programme-for-type-2-diabetes/

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04/06/2025

In our next video Rhea, who joined our team after completing her dietetic degree last summer, tells us about her early career experiences.… Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust British Dietetic AssociationNotts Healthcare staff