Adult & Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding FAQs

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Oviva Adult & Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding is a service designed to help the transition from hospital to home for patients requiring tube feeding in the community.

The service provides personalised support from a specialist dietitian with experience in the support and management of home enteral tube feeding via secure app coaching, phone/video calls or face-to-face appointments.

Those referred to the service will have an initial consultation with their specialist dietitian to create an individualised care plan to meet their specific nutritional requirements. They will then follow this plan over the following weeks. During this time they will have regular follow up appointments with their dietitian who will ensure they are tolerating their feed, make any adjustments necessary and answer any questions they may have.

To help meet their nutritional requirements, the Oviva dietitian will share useful written information over the app, which can be accessed at any time, or via email.

After confirming eligibility and discussing the service with your patient, please complete the referral form embedded into your clinical system and send it to the email provided on the form.

Patients can’t self-refer to Oviva Adult & Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding.

If a participant does not have a smartphone or would prefer not to use one, they can have all appointments via telephone calls. The app is not compulsory and they can benefit from the service without using the app if preferred, although we encourage all participants to download the app to have the best possible experience of the service. The dietitian will share all resources in a way that works with the patient.

Patients will remain under the service for as long as they require home enteral feeding support.

All Oviva dietitians are registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council and our nutritionists are AfN registered. All members of the team undergo regular quality assurance reviews and receive regular training from our Lead Dietitians and Psychologist.