The Dietetics and Nutrition Department provides specialised assessment and management of nutritional and dietary issues for inpatients and outpatients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Our Dietitians also work closely with our Dietary Assistant and Catering Department to ensure the specialised dietary requirements of patients are met.
We provide a range of inpatient services across various specialties such as:
- Cancer (Head and Neck, General and Haematology)
- Cardiac Care
- Critical Care
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology including liver transplants
- General Medicine including eating disorders
- General Surgery and other surgical specialities
- Geriatrics
- Haematology
- Renal including renal transplants
- Neurology, Neurosurgery and Stroke
- Orthopaedics
- Respiratory
- State Epilepsy Service
- Vascular
Our team of Dietitians also provide outpatient services in the following specialties:
- Bariatrics (restricted to patients undergoing bariatric surgery at SCGH)
- Cancer (Head and Neck, General and Haematology) in the Comprehensive Cancer Centre
- Cystic Fibrosis including Telehealth
- Neurology including Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and the ketogenic diet for epilepsy
- Renal
- Diabetes including the Young Adult Diabetes Service (YADS)
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology