Sunday 27 September 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9519
Date Request Received: 06/07/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 23/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Dietetic Service Information
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Please find below a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information is being requested to better understand the current provision of NHS dietetic services across England. Where possible, I would appreciate responses broken down by hospital within your Trust. If the requested information is only held centrally, a Trust-wide response is perfectly acceptable. If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit or is not held in the format requested, I would be grateful if you could advise how the request might be refined so that as much information as possible can be provided. If any clarification is required, please let me know. 1. Workforce For each hospital within your Trust (or, where this information is only held centrally, for the Trust as a whole), please provide: a) The number of registered dietitians employed (headcount and, if available, whole-time equivalent (WTE)). b) The number of other nutrition-related clinical roles involved in assessing, diagnosing and delivering dietary interventions for adults with long-term conditions (excluding obesity and cancer services), broken down by job title where possible. | |
| Answer To Question 1: a) 14, 10.19 WTE b) Zero | |
| Question Number 2: Clinical specialties Please list the clinical specialties or service areas covered by your dietetic service (for example: gastroenterology, diabetes, renal, paediatrics, critical care, community, etc.) and, where available, the number of dietitians assigned to each specialty. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Oncology, Critical care, Paediatrics, CAMHs, Spinal Rehab, Stroke, Burns and Plastics, Long Term Feeding Tube Placement, Gastroeneterology | |
| Question Number 3: Student placements Please provide: a) The number of dietetic student placements currently hosted. b) Your typical annual placement capacity (or maximum placement capacity if this is how it is recorded). | |
| Answer To Question 3: A: until now 2 placements hosted from one HEI B: 4 students | |
| Question Number 4: Dietetic software Please list any software systems or digital applications used specifically by your dietetic service, including those used by: • dietitians; • dietetic students; and • patients. 4.1. Where possible, please indicate the primary purpose of each system (for example: electronic patient records, nutritional assessment, dietary analysis, patient education, remote monitoring or patient communication). | |
| Answer To Question 4: Lorenzo = Electronic patient record Bighand = dictation Review = blood biochemistry Poet = patient observations Somerset Cancer Care = electronic patient record | |
| Question Number 5: Budget Does the dietetic service operate with a dedicated annual budget? If yes, please provide: • the total annual budget (most recent financial year available); and • if recorded, a high-level breakdown of expenditure categories (for example staffing, software, equipment, training and other operational costs). | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please find attached breakdown of 2025-26 budget and expenditure. To accompany this answer to question 5 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 9519.xlsx | |
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