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Dieticians being removed from heart surgery rehab

Posted By hotelpx99

"Dieticians being removed from heart surgery rehab"

About: Altnagelvin Area Hospital / Allied Health Professionals (AHP)

(as a service user),

I had elective heart operation (stents) mid March last year. Everything was excellent including the rehab conducted by zoom over a period of time.

I found the rehab stimulating and very useful and in particular the dieticians input as I was very overweight.

I am therefore distressed to hear that the Western Trust are going to remove this part of the service as they feel sending out leaflets will be sufficient! I know what I do with most leaflets when they come into the house!

I feel this is a totally retrograde step and demands to be revisited. I do wonder how many of the decision makers have taken the whole rehab! It is extremely beneficial even though by zoom (covid related) but the whole personal touch was SO beneficial

I should therefore be grateful if someone would describe the rationale behind this and please do not say cost.

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Response from Twyla Moffitt, Clinical Specialist Renal Dietitian, Omagh Hospital & Primary Care Complex (OHPCC), WHSCT 15 months ago
Twyla Moffitt
Clinical Specialist Renal Dietitian, Omagh Hospital & Primary Care Complex (OHPCC),
WHSCT

Submitted on 01/02/2023 at 12:38
Published on Care Opinion at 12:38

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My name is Twyla Moffitt and I am the Assistant Manager (acting) for the Dietetic team.

Thank you for taking the time to submit a care opinion. It is great to hear that you had your heart surgery and I hope you are recovering well. I am also pleased to hear that you found the cardiac rehabilitation programme (Our Hearts Our Minds) excellent and especially the input from the Dietetic team. I will pass on your feedback to the team.

The programme was a multidisciplinary project that was temporarily funded from 2019 through transformation money from the Department of Health, since this funding was only temporary the programme is currently being reviewed by the Trust and we are awaiting the outcome of this review/consultation.

Kind regards

Twyla Moffitt

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