Nutrition and dietetics — Tairāwhiti
Tairāwhiti dietitians use the latest information about food and nutrition to provide practical strategies to help you improve your health and wellbeing.
Contact us
To contact the nutrition and dietetics service at Gisborne Hospital:
- phone: 06 869 0500 (extension 8260)
Where to find us
The dietetic department works in a variety of settings including:
- Gisborne Hospital
- outpatient clinics
- in peoples' own homes
- rest homes
- health centres.
Services we provide
We provide services to help with:
- malnutrition
- nasogastric tube, PEG tube, IV nutrition (enteral or parenteral nutrition)
- newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes
- children with food allergies or slow weight gain
- cancer treatment
- pressure ulcers or wound healing
- coeliac disease
- diabetic patients (under the care of secondary diabetic services)
- diabetes in pregnancy (gestational diabetes)
- diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome
- gastrointestinal surgery with complex dietary requirements or modifications (gastrectomy, small bowel resections)
- malabsorption conditions (high output ileostomy (>1L/day), cystic fibrosis, pancreatic insufficiency, short gut syndrome)
- inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, crohn’s disease)
- chronic renal failure stage 3 to 5 (not on dialysis)
- liver disease (cirrhosis and end stage liver disease)
- palliative patients where dietary modification may improve quality of life
- patients with multiple medical problems.
Referral information
You can be referred to the dietetics service by your healthcare provider, specialists or nurses.