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Nutrition and Dietetics Adult Outpatient Clinic - Hornsby Hospital

Building 14,

3-7 Derby Rd,

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

Hornsby

2077

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Nutrition and Dietetics Adult Outpatient Clinic - Hornsby Hospital

Contact us

General enquiries: (02) 9763 3555

Fax number: (02) 9485 6027

Email: NSLHD-HKH-alliedhealth@health.nsw.gov.au

Opening hours

Mon - Fri: 08:30 - 16:00

What we do

We provide nutrition and diet advice for people who have a medical condition that requires our nutrition assessment and nutrition advice.

We provide this service in the outpatient clinic at the hospital and in the home for select people.

We care for and treat people with:

  • Enteral tube feeds
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • High cholesterol &/or triglycerides
  • Malnutrition or greater than five per cent of unintentional weight loss
  • Neurological conditions with associated reduced oral intake and/or weight loss
  • New diagnosis of coeliac or Crohn's disease
  • Obesity with  other relevant medical conditions (e.g. high blood pressure, high cholesterol, kidney disease, diabetes)
  • Poor healing wounds
  • Other medical problems requiring dietary advice

What to bring

  • Blood results
  • Test results  
  • Referral
  • Medicare card

When to visit us

How to visit us

Turn onto Palmerston Road from Edgeworth David Avenue. The Emergency entrance is just after the Burdett Street Intersection on the right. The Multi-storey carpark is further along after the Northcott Road junction.

Transdev bus 575 travels to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital from Hornsby and Turramurra railway stations. This picks up and sets down at the front of the Hospital on Palmerston Road. There are no buses to the Hospital from Waitara Station.

The closest railway stations are Hornsby and Waitara. Hornsby is accessible via both the main Northern Line and the North Shore Line. Waitara is on the North Shore Line. Transdev bus service #575 travels to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital from these stations.

From Hornsby Station – The distance to the Hospital is approximately 1.8km. If you wish to walk please note there are a number of hills. Exit the station on the George Street side via the pedestrian overpass.
From Waitara Station – The distance to the Hospital is approximately 1.5km. Exit the station on the Alexandria Avenue side. This walk is reasonably flat.

Hornsby Hospital has a multi-storey car park that offers 500 spaces and is located at Gate 2 (Palmerston Road). This carpark provides access for all areas across the campus.

Parking fees apply across the whole hospital in accordance with the NSW Health's hospital car parking fees policy and can be accessed here. Concessional rates apply to those who are eligible.

Disabled parking spaces are available in the multi-storey car park and also on Lowe and Palmerston Roads, though street parking availability is very limited. Your valid disabled parking permit must be displayed in your car at all times. Please do not park in restricted parking areas; you could be blocking access to emergency services.

Referral information

  • To access this service you must have a referral from a GP, Specilaist, Bungee Bidgel Clinic, allied health staff member, after inpatient admission or from Tertiary hospitals. 
  • You must be >18 years old, live in the Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai local government area and have a medical condition requiring nutrition assessment and Dietitian advice 
  •  To access the service, you will need a referral letter from your doctor and a copy of your blood test results (if relevant). The letter must be include reason for referral, medical history, medications, and recent blood test results.

Other information

Please allow 60 minutes for an initial assessment. If you require a follow up appointment please allow 30 minutes.  You may be able to be seen at the clinic or at home if you are registered with My Aged Care and not on a home care package level three or four. 

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