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Clinical Nutrition Blog
Articles explore topics including digestive health, metabolic conditions, malnutrition and expert witness work in clinical nutrition cases.
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Care Home Malnutrition Negligence: When Does Nutritional Care Fall Below Standard?
Care home malnutrition negligence is an increasing area of clinical litigation. A dietitian expert witness can assess whether nutritional screening, care planning, and dietary intervention met an acceptable standard in care home settings and whether failures caused harm.


Discharge Nutrition After Brain Injury: Risks, Responsibilities and Continuity of Care
Learn why discharge nutrition after brain injury is critical, including risks, planning requirements, and medico-legal considerations.


Dietetic Referral Delays After Brain Injury: When Should a Dietitian Be Involved?
Learn when a dietitian should be involved after brain injury and how delayed referral may impact nutrition, recovery, and clinical outcomes.


Delayed Dietetic Referral in Children: When Should a Paediatric Dietitian Be Involved?
When should a child be referred to a paediatric dietitian? Learn when delayed referral becomes clinically or legally significant in paediatric negligence cases.


Dietetic Referral Negligence: When Should Referral Be Routine and When Urgent?
Dietetic referral timing is one of the most common points of dispute in hospital malnutrition litigation. Allegations are frequently framed around delay — particularly where referral was triaged as routine rather than urgent.
However, dietetic referral negligence does not arise simply because a patient was not reviewed immediately. The legal analysis is more structured.
Hospitals triage referrals based on screening scores, intake, nil-by-mouth duration, metabolic stability


Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis in Schools: The Nutrition Expert Witness Perspective
Food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools: dietitian expert witness explains risks, care standards, and negligence issues.


When Does Malnutrition Become Clinical Negligence? A Case Every Solicitor Should Read
When nutrition is overlooked, duty of care is breached. Expert Witness Rick Miller explains how early dietetic action prevents litigation.
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