Service types: Dietitian.

Community Dietitians are key members of the Community Health Team, a community-based healthcare service covering the large Counties Manukau Region. An important focus of the HHC Team is to provide education to empower people to lead healthier lives and support them to continue to live in their own homes.

Locations
There are community-based sites located at Howick (Botany), Māngere, Papakura and Pukekohe. The service is available to people in their own home or at a clinic facility, and care is provided based on an assessment of need.

Service Provided
The Community Dietitian works closely with the client and their family / whānau in their own home (in the case of housebound individuals) or at outpatient clinic settings. The nutrition care process includes nutrition assessment, goal setting, planning a nutrition care plan and ongoing nutrition monitoring.

Referrals
Referrals are accepted from General Practitioners (GPs) and other health professionals, provided that the individual has consented to the referral

Service types: Dietitian, Diabetes.

We aim to help you self-manage your diabetes by working with you and your family/whānau to provide you with practical and sound information about eating for diabetes.  The diabetes dietitians work closely with the Counties Manukau DHB Diabetes Team (Whitiora Diabetes Services).

Individual appointments with the dietitian:

The Diabetes Dietitians see clients individually at Manukau SuperClinic™, Botany SuperClinic™, Māngere Health Centre (6 Waddon Place, Māngere), Ōtara Clinic (2/100 Alexander Crescent, Ōtara) and Pukekohe Hospital.  Click here to find maps for these locations.

Service types: Dietitian, Allergies and intolerance, Gut/ bowel disorders, Weight management.

If you are referred to the dietitian for a gastroenterology (digestive system) problem, allergy, after surgery or because you need to gain weight, you will be seen individually by the dietitian in clinic or via a group session.

Your first appointment will take 45-60 minutes and if you require a follow-up appointment this will be for 30 minutes.

Service types: Dietitian, Paediatric (Children), Allergies and intolerance, Weight management.

The Kidz First Community Paediatric Dietetic service is a community based team of Dietitians providing a service to the children living in the Counties Manukau area. We are based at Kidz First Community Health in Manukau and work alongside the Kidz First Community Home Care Nurses and the Kidz First Child Development teams.
 
Who We See
Infants and children who are under the care of a Paediatrician or Consultant and require nutritional care related to the conditions below.

• Tube feeding
• Dietary fortification for poor faltering growth
• Anaphylatic or multiple food allergies that include major food groups or cow’s milk allergy
• Coeliac disease (not required to be under a Paediatrician)
• Multiple vitamin and mineral deficiencies (with clinical evidence)
• Obesity in children and infants less than 5 years of age
• Obesity in children aged 5-16 years with obesity related comorbidities (up to 18 years for children with a disability linked to obesity)

Who We Do Not See
This service does not see children who:

• Are not under the care of a Paediatrician (excluding coeliac disease)
• Are growing appropriately but have
  • Reflux
  • Constipation
  • Iron deficiency
  • Fussy or picky eaters
  • Autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Children with Diabetes (covered by the Auckland Regional Diabetes Service)
• Children are aged 5-16 years, who have obesity without any co-existing medical conditions.

Where Do We See You?
You may be seen in your home or in a clinic setting at Manukau Superclinic, Botany Superclinic, Pukekohe Hospital or Special Schools. Where you are seen is determined by your child’s age, dietary issue and your residential address.

Service types: Dietitian.

If you have kidney disease you may be referred to a Renal Dietitian who works as part of the Renal Team.  The food you eat can play an important role in keeping you healthy when you have kidney disease.  The Renal Dietitian has expert knowledge on food for people with kidney disease.

There is not one renal diet for everyone.  The dietitian will assess your needs and give information specific to you. This may change with time as your disease progresses.

The dietitian sees clients at Manukau SuperClinic™ , Māngere Health Centre, Ōtara Clinic or occasionally at Middlemore Hospital.  For more information on Renal Services click here.

Service types: Dietitian.

The Spinal Dietitian works at the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit providing both inpatient and outpatient services.

People with spinal injuries have specific nutritional needs. The Spinal Dietitian provides service to the Spinal Ward. Spinal patients are referred to the Spinal Dietitian by the consultant at the Spinal Unit.

Individual education

Please ask your healthcare professional to refer you to the CMH Outpatient Dietitian clinics if you are overweight and also have one or more of the following conditions:

• Cardiac (risk > 15%, or existing CVD or heart failure)
• Requiring weight loss prior to surgery (not bariatric surgery)
• Age <25 years
• Severe learning disability
• Requires English language interpreter

If you require support for weight loss, healthy eating advice and/or physical activity and DO NOT have one of the conditions list above, please ask your healthcare professional to refer you to Green Prescription for support.