Ellen Patterson

Community Dietitian in Aberdeen - special interest in malnutrition, prescribing, tube feeding and care homes (and my dog Lola). All views are my own.

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Lovely arrival in Glasgow last night for the NHS Scotland conference today
Stay tuned to hear how we got on presenting our care home poster 🥳
~Ellen and Morven
#NHSScot24

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Great morning so far hearing about what our colleagues across Scotland are doing to support our patients and staff!
@NHSScotEvents #NHSScot24

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Successfully delivered our 4 minute presentation 😅
A great opportunity to raise awareness of malnutrition in care homes and share our innovative work!
#NHSScot24 #whatdietitiansdo
@BDA_Dietitians @BDA_olderpeople

[Ellen Patterson @ellenp14]

Lovely to be back at RGU and seeing some familiar faces ☺️

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

3 of our team presented to 4th year Dietetic, Physio, OT and Radiography students 1/2/24 at @RobertGordonUni Great to present to the future workforce, back where we studied, and to hear about inspiring work from wonderful AHPs currently working in @NHSGrampian #whatdietitiansdo

[NHS Grampian @NHSGrampian]

Thanks to Pamela Bartlett, part of the community nursing team in Turriff, for sending us this short clip of her colleague(s) who had to leave their car at the bottom of this hill and then walk up the hill to ensure they could deliver urgent nursing care.

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Delighted to welcome People living with dementia, carers and staff members to our AHP info day providing self management and support tools. Great engagement and to share information about the AHP support available www.alzscot/ahpresources @AhpDementia @HSCAberdeen @NHSGrampian

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Love this new resource from @BDA_Dietitians

Eating, Drinking and Aging Well.

https://t.co/O8E7sBwJbX

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Please come along and meet some of our wonderful team!
@NHSGrampian @HSCAberdeen

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

So proud of our @NHSGrampian AHP colleagues 💛
Our dietitian Ellen loved being included in the Dementia Information Day project!

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Hearing this story in person and watching these amazing nurses receiving their awards was so powerful!
~ Ellen

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Reflecting on a brilliant day at the Celebrating Excellence Event last week! Lovely to receive positive feedback from my presentation and to see our amazing ARI colleagues' poster 🥰
~Ellen
@NHSGrampian @BDA_Dietitians @BDA_Scotland
#whatdietitiansdo

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Today we attended an AHP dementia information day to provide information and resources to those with dementia and their carers. A fantastic opportunity for AHPs to work together! #WhatDietitianDo @NHSGrampian @HSCAberdeen @HSCPshire

[Evening Express @EveningExpress]

This new online weight loss programme encourages people to make lifestyle changes that can help them achieve a healthier weight.

https://t.co/WA06Nw4aPs

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Happy Friday!
April is national pet month so we are going to celebrate some of our colleagues lovely pets and their favourite foods 😍
First up is Rachel's lovely dogs!
The gorgeous Millie (left) loves all food 😆
And Brodie (right) is obsessed with ham! 🥩

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

A late celebration of Nutrition and Hydration Week here at the Health Village 🍽️💦

Free fruit and bottles of water available for staff 🤩
Promoting staff wellbeing and healthy breaks is so important!

Special thanks to the @HSCAberdeen Leadership Team and @CFINEAberdeen

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

*Online Healthy Helpings NOW LIVE*

We are delighted that this programme is now ready and available to all 🤩

https://t.co/nSv2dcVccl

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Happy AHP Day!
We would like to introduce our lovely dietetic team 🥰
A hard working bunch - especially over the past 18 months.
#AHPSDayScot

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Have you seen many adverts for (often expensive 💰) intolerance tests?
Do you know the difference between an allergy and an intolerance?

See the below link to learn more about what tests we can trust.
https://t.co/ShSNIheYMZ

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Malnutrition is present when a deficiency in energy, protein and other nutrients causes measurable adverse effects to the body.

Check out our infographic and visit https://t.co/ATiGryaLRr to find out more.

@NHSGrampian @HSCAberdeen

[Community Dietetics NHSGrampian @comdietetics]

Do you ever wonder what Community Dietitians do?
I thought it might be helpful to run you all through a day in my life as a Community Dietitian 😊 #whatdietitiansdo
- Ellen