Conditions seen
Barwon Health offers a dietetics service for the following:
- Home Enteral Nutrition Service (HENs)
Dietetics services are also provided in the following specialist clinics:
- Andrew Love Cancer Centre (cancer/oncology services)
- Renal Services
- Women’s and Children’s Services
- Diabetes in Pregnancy
- Paediatric Diabetes
- Perioperative clinics
- Ear, Nose and Throat
Conditions not seen
To be seen by the Home Enteral Nutrition Service you need a referral. The referral can be from your GP, a specialist doctor, your Barwon Health doctor or from other healthcare providers.
If the need for Dietetics is not related to Home Enteral Nutrition or the current health presentation in the clinics listed above, please see the Nutrition and Dietetics page for information about other Nutrition and Dietetics services.
How do I access this service?
To be seen by the Home Enteral Nutrition Service (HENs) you need a referral. The referral can be from your GP, a specialist doctor, your Barwon Health doctor or from a community-based healthcare provider.
To be seen by a Dietitian in one of the above specialist clinics, you need to be referred by a doctor or nurse from the specialist clinic.
We are unable to see you in our clinics without a referral.
Wait time
All requests for specialist clinic appointments are scheduled according to the patient’s clinical need. Clinicians assess whether an appointment is urgent or routine, based on information provided in the referral.
Barwon Health aims to see all ‘urgent’ referrals within 30 days. Our wait times for patients who are categorised as ‘routine’ are more variable, depending on the demand for our services.
The Victorian Agency for Health Information also publishes information about the waiting time for routine first appointments.
Routine first appointments | Victorian Agency for Health Information (see Allied Health waiting time).
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For Health Professionals
State-referral criteria may apply for conditions under this specialty requiring further assessment and management. Referring clinicians are encouraged to utilise Western Victoria Community HealthPathways for referral guidelines and requirements for all conditions.
For urgent referral advice, please contact the Allied Health Office on 03 4215 0826.
Complete the specialist clinics referral and send via:
- Email: [email protected]
- Post: Barwon Health Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Allied Health HW2, University Hospital Geelong, Ryrie Street, Geelong 3220
Please complete the referral on your practice/health service letterhead, ensuring all required referral information is included.
For patients who require reassessment, a new referral should be sent through. To facilitate earlier access, the new referral must contain the following information:
- State the referral is an update for a current patient
- Date of original referral
- Reason for requesting a review of referral (e.g. deterioration in clinical condition, pathology)
The referrer will be notified of the outcome of the re-triage process.
GPs or referring clinicians wishing to discuss the triage of their patient’s referral, or who require additional information, please ring the Allied Health Office on 03 4215 0826.
Page last updated: September 9, 2025