The Department of Dietetics is dedicated to:
- Provide optimum medical nutrition therapy to our patients according to standards of COC (Dietitians) of the Hospital Authority
- Work collaboratively with other clinical departments to achieve nutritional care goals of patients
- Coordinate cluster dietitians to explore opportunities to provide diversified service to meet changing needs in the community
- Encourage and support, with the availability of resources, continual professional upgrading and utilization of evidence based practice to improve patient care and advance in dietetic practice
- Participate in planning and training of Dietetic students
Our Vision
- To provide quality and evidence-based dietetic service to optimize patients’ health.
Our Mission
- Provide quality dietetic services to effect responsive nutritional care to referred patients
- Carry out nutritional assessment and provide appropriate dietetic intervention to referred patients
- Counsel referred patients and carers, on nutritional principles, therapeutic dietary plans and food selection
- Provide consultation to clinical management team on nutritional care for referred patients
- Liaise with the Catering Department to provide patients with therapeutic diets to optimize their nutritional well being
Our Services
Referrals to Dietitians:
Referrals are raised by doctors . Referrals should be clearly documented with patient diagnosis and the reasons for dietetic referral.
Referrals of adult patients are recommended in the following areas for specialist dietetic input; and other conditions that deemed appropriate by doctors and nurses:
- diabetes
- hyperlipideamia
- hypertension and cardio-protective advice
- hyperuricaemia / gout
- stroke
- COPD
- renal disease
- liver disease (malnutrition)
- obesity
- vegan/vegetarian diet
- cancer cachexia
- dysphagia/ modified consistency diets
- feeding problems in elderly
- under-nutrition and other nutritional deficiency
- medication-nutrient interaction (eg, warfarin therapy and vitamin K)
- enteral and parenteral nutrition support
For paediatric patients, the following referrals are recommended:
- failure to thrive
- behavioural feeding problems
- iron deficiency and other nutritional deficiency
- faddy eaters
- obesity
- metabolic syndrome
- eating disorders
Know more about (Chinese only):
Nutrition Articles and Recipe Ideas (營養資訊及食譜)
- Weight Loss (減重篇)
- Antioxidants (抗氧化篇)
- Prevent Hair Loss (防脫髮篇)
Food & Nutrition (食物與營養)
- Infant to 2 years old child 初生至兩歲嬰兒
- Child to youth 幼兒至青年人
- Adult 成人
- Elderly 長者
Festival Dining Tips (節日飲食貼士)
Know more about Development of the Department