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NMH | 2024 182 Health and Social Care Professionals Neonatal Dietitian Activity 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Babies with birth weight ≤1.5 kg or ≤31/40 weeks gestation - based on year of birth a 151 149 136 124 120 Patient contacts Inpatients b 1243 1532 2108 1606 1494 Outpatients 199c 410c 390c 456b 654b Total patient contacts 1442 1942 2498 2062 2148 Unique patients seen b Inpatients 264 218 214 243 228b Outpatients 59 95 92 133 220b Total unique patients seen 287 268 257 322 356 The neonatal outpatient non-attendance rate was 11% (11.1% in 2023) c . Data source: a Dietitian records; b MNCMS (direct and indirect patient contacts); c iPMS (direct patient contacts). Note The total number of unique patients seen does not equal the combined total of unique inpatients and outpatients; this is because patients may appear as both a unique inpatient and a unique outpatient, but will only be counted as a single unique patient for that year. There was a printing error in the Maternity Dietitian Activity and Neonatal Dietitian Activity tables in the 2023 Annual Report which has been corrected here. Table 2 Maternity/Diabetes/Gynaecology Dietitian Activity Location 2022 2023 2024 Inpatient contacts 665 567 639 Outpatient contacts 4134 4771 5615 Antenatal Nutrition in Pregnancy Class - 407 417 Total Activity 4799* 5745 6671 * 2022 does not include Antenatal Nutrition in Pregnancy classes Data sources: MNCMS, iPMS 500 Chart 1: Unique Patients Total 2019 Adult Total Neonatal Total 1000 1500 2000 2500 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 0 1065 217 1065 1528 1440 1562 1065 287 268 257 322 356 Table 1. Dietitian Consults - Adults Primary Reason for Consult- Adults 2023 2024 Adolescent 31 19 Therapeutic diet e.g. IBD, PKU etc. 26 22 Eating disorder 15 33 Bariatric surgery 47 47 DM Type 1 or 2 consult 58 69 Low BMI /poor weight gain/weight loss 84 105 Hyperemesis gravidarum 375 304 Obesity / excessive weight gain 317 437 GDM consult 525 505 Uncategorized consults 108 29 Total Consults 1649 1622

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