Age Range
Babies, children and young people
About the Practice
When feeding or nutrition is linked to a hospital team, parents need dietetic input that can sit inside the medical plan. Leeds Teaching Hospitals Paediatric Dietetics supports Leeds 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
Medical nutrition, gastroenterology, allergy, growth, complex feeding and specialist paediatric dietetic care
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?
Leeds Hospital Dietetics: Parents can see the professional route, dietetic or feeding scope and safeguarding questions before trusting someone with their child’s nutrition.
Medical Nutrition and Specialist Paediatrics: 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 nutrition, symptoms, growth and treatment so parents are not left holding separate pieces.
Babies, children and young people
NHS hospital pathway by referral
Ask provider
NHS referral route
Medical nutrition, gastroenterology, allergy, growth, complex feeding and specialist paediatric dietetic care
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 hospital pathway by referral
Leeds Children's Hospital and Leeds Teaching Hospitals route
Leeds