Age Range
Babies, children and young people
About the Practice
When nutrition is tied to a medical diagnosis, families need dietetic input that speaks the same language as paediatrics. Birmingham Children's Hospital Nutrition and Dietetics supports Birmingham families with feeding, nutrition and dietetic questions where meals, growth, allergy, sensory eating or tube feeding have become stressful. The focus is practical clinical guidance that protects the child’s health without turning food into a daily fight.
Clinical Expertise
Hospital dietetics, medical nutrition, growth, allergy, gastroenterology, feeding and complex health needs
Support can be relevant where restricted eating, sensory eating, autism, ADHD, anxiety, developmental delay or wider SEND pressure is part of the mealtime picture
Parent guidance around food variety, growth, safe foods, nutrition gaps and calmer mealtime routines
Why Work With Us?
Birmingham Children's Hospital Route: Parents can see the professional route, dietetic or feeding scope and safeguarding questions before trusting someone with their child’s nutrition.
Medical Nutrition and Dietetic Care: Support looks at intake, growth, symptoms, safe foods, feeding history and family routines so the plan fits real life, not an idealised food chart.
Parent and Professional Connection: Hospital dietetics can help connect feeding advice with medical treatment, growth monitoring and specialist paediatric teams.
Babies, children and young people
NHS referral and hospital pathway
Ask provider
NHS referral route
Hospital dietetics, medical nutrition, growth, allergy, gastroenterology, feeding and complex health needs
Private routes may accept parent enquiries; NHS/HSC routes usually need referral or local eligibility checks
Ask provider about written dietetic advice, feeding plans and professional letters
Support can be relevant where restricted eating, sensory eating, autism, ADHD, anxiety, developmental delay or wider SEND pressure is part of the mealtime picture
Feeding, mealtime routines, nutrition, growth, allergy management, tube feeding confidence and family food routines
Ask provider about nursery, school or GP-facing letters
NHS referral and hospital pathway
Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham
Birmingham