First Community dietitians are committed to supporting people who live and work in care homes. We aim to provide advice and resources to support you with your residents' nutrition and hydration needs.

As part of our community support, care home residents can also be supported in a clinic (virtual or face to face). We do not offer domiciliary visits to care homes.

Referring a resident to the dietitian (Crawley, Horsham and east Surrey GPs only)

Care home teams can make a referral for residents. To request a referral form please email the team: fchc.firstdietitians@nhs.net. 

Request nutrition training for staff (Crawley, Horsham, mid-Sussex and east Surrey GPs only)

Care homes can request training sessions for staff. We can provide training on a variety of topics for small or large teams, online or face to face at your care home.

Please copy and paste the below and email us (fchc.firstdietitians@nhs.net) to request a staff training session for your team.

Care Home:

Contact name (staff member):

Contact email:

Contact phone number:

Training request:

Subject

Tick

MUST screening

 

Nutrition and hydration

 

Fortified foods

 

Nutrition advice to support with diabetes

 

Nutrition advice to support with dementia

 

 

 

Other:

 

 

(please tick all that apply)

If you've completed your training, you can  email us  to request your certificate. ( fchc.firstdietitians@nhs.net

Training resources

Care homes can request training materials to be sent to them. 

Please copy and paste the below and email us (fchc.firstdietitians@nhs.net) to request training materials for your team.

Care Home:

Contact name (staff member):

Contact email:

Contact phone number:

Training materials:

Subject

Tick

Effective management of malnutrition (includes MUST screening and food fortification)

 

Nutrition advice to support with diabetes

 

Nutrition advice to support with dementia

 

Vitamin D

 

 

 

Training videos

 

 

 

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