Resources for Patients and Public

Further information for patients, family and carers

Leaflets and Links

The Birmingham Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service produce and recommend a number of key resources. The main resources and useful websites and documents can be found below, some under subject-specific headers. There are some great links to recommended websites with good quality, evidence based patient information on a number of topics and health conditions.

Maternal Health

Healthy Eating in Pregnancy

*These leaflets are also available in Arabic, Bengali, French, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, and Urdu. Please email bcs.pcn@nhs.net if you would like the leaflet in one of these languages

Diabetes in Pregnancy

Early Years and School Age

Information on reflux in babies
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/reflux-in-babies/

Helpful videos for parents and carers of children with fussy eating
https://patientwebinars.co.uk/condition/fussy-eating-in-children/webinars/

Information on the national Healthy Start scheme for pregnant women and children
https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/

School food trust, the Trusts remit is to transform school food and food skills, promote the education and health of children and young people and improve the quality of food in schools.
School Food Trust

Food - a fact of life provides a progressive approach to teaching about healthy eating, cooking, food and farming from 3 to 16 years. This site provides a wealth of free resources to stimulate learning, ensuring that consistent and up-to-date messages are delivered.

Food a Fact of Life

Interactive healthy eating site for children from the World Cancer Research Fund

Great Grub Club

National Public Health Lifestyles website – One You.
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou

Commercial weight loss support groups, such as Weight Watchers, Slimming World.

British Dietetic Association weight loss website
http://www.bdaweightwise.com/

British Heart foundation www.bhf.org.uk. A in depth guide to weight loss
https://www.bhf.org.uk/publications/healthy-eating-and-drinking/facts-not-fads---your-simple-guide-to-healthy-weight-loss

12 week weight loss plan

NHS Choices

A family approach to a healthy lifestyle
http://www.mendcentral.org/

Weight Concern:

http://www.weightconcern.org.uk/

Useful apps:

Change4life Smart recipes
Change4Life food scanner
My fitness pal
One you Easy meals

The Eatwell Guide shows how much of what we eat overall should come from each good group to achieve a health balanced diet.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/the-eatwell-guide

Top tips for eating more fruit and vegetables

5-a-Day

Interesting and fun blog piece about the colourful clues to the health benefits to be found in different types of food.

What does the colour of your fruit and veg tell you?

Weight loss surgery
http://www.wlsinfo.org.uk

Physical activity

BeActive

http://beactivebirmingham.co.uk/

Walking for health
https://www.walkingforhealth.org.uk/

British heart foundation
https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/preventing-heart-disease/staying-active

Check local councils websites for local leisure centers activities.

A collection of 2km and 5km walks all over Birmingham
Birmingham Walk 2000

Exercise on Prescription aims to help people to become more healthy by increasing their physical activity.
Exercise on Prescription

The City Council’s main website. Details of things to do and leisure facilities.
Birmingham City Council

Gastroenterology and bowel health

This site provides information for those diagnosed with coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH)

Coeliac

Diabetes

Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.

Diabetes UK - Eating with Diabetes

Useful BCHC Diabetes resources:

BCHC Glycaemic Index.pdf [pdf] 559KB

BCHC sources of carbohydrate eatwell guide 04.09.2020.pdf [pdf] 1MB

10g Carbohydrate Portion List.pdf [pdf] 193KB

Carbs and Cals

Enjoy Food - English

Enjoy Food - South Asian

Enjoy Food - African & African Caribbean

Heart disease

Charity fighting heart and circulatory disease. The BHF funds research, education and life-saving equipment and helps heart patients.

British Heart Foundation

Malnutrition (Nutrition Support) resources

There are a number of guidelines available below to help you deliver the best possible nutritional care in the community. If you have any questions about these guidelines, please contact us at Priestley Wharf.

The Home Enteral Feeding Guidelines will be available for download soon, but in the meantime please contact us at Priestley Wharf, Tel: 0121 683 2300 for a copy. Y

ANCILLARY ITEM LIST.pdf [pdf] 187KB

Nutrition and COPD leaflet. If you would like to order copies of this leaflet please contact LG Davies on 0121 430 9000.

Oral Nutrition Support in Substance and Alcohol Misusers.pdf [pdf] 194KB

The following links are available to give ideas for boosting calorie intake for people who have a poor appetite or who are trying to gain weight.

02 Nourishing drinks chart.pdf [pdf] 40KB

Increase_the_calories.pdf [pdf] 340KB

82709 BirmComm FoodBoosters web.pdf [pdf] 102KB

Soft A5 final.pub [pub] 5MB

Care home ongoing weight loss resource .pdf [pdf] 60KB

Non-cows milk Nourishing Drinks.pdf [pdf] 201KB

Minced and Moist Level 5 A5 final.pdf [pdf] 937KB

Soft and Bite sized Final IDDSI 6.pdf [pdf] 1MB

Pureed Diet Leaflet FINAL A5.pdf [pdf] 1MB

Dysphagia Snack Recipes.pdf [pdf] 265KB

Palliative Care Nutrition.pdf [pdf] 409KB

Patient milkshake brochure.pdf [pdf] 769KB

01 Boosting the calories recipe adaption.pdf [pdf] 49KB