Service Consultations
Specialist service-level consultation for teams working within infant feeding, paediatric dysphagia, early development, and medically complex feeding presentations.
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This consultation space supports services seeking clarity across complex feeding pathways, alignment across teams, and confident clinical direction at a system level.
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This work sits at the level of pathways, case complexity, and service structure rather than individual therapy alone.
Who This Is For
Service consultation supports:
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NHS feeding services
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Community paediatric teams
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Neonatal and postnatal services
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Health visiting and early years services
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Private multidisciplinary feeding teams
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Specialist clinics and independent practices
It is designed for teams seeking greater consistency, clarity, equitable service delivery and confidence across infant feeding care.
What Service Consultation Covers
Service consultations may support:
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Complex feeding case formulation at MDT level
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Pathway mapping and feeding service design
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Review of feeding assessment and progression frameworks
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Alignment across disciplines around feeding management
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Clinical direction within high-risk or entrenched feeding presentations
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Service development within bottle feeding distress, aversion, and dysphagia
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Level of service complexity on a scale based on cases referred.
Formats of Consultation
Service consultation may be accessed through:
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MDT case discussion sessions
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Single-service consultation reviews
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Ongoing consultancy arrangements
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Service audits & care pathway reviews
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Time-limited pathway development projects
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Feeding service design and restructure input
Each consultation is shaped to the needs of the service, the population it serves, and the level of clinical complexity held.
Why this Space Matters
Infant feeding care sits across multiple services, disciplines, and points of contact. When pathways lack fluency, families experience fragmentation, delay, and repeated cycles of uncertainty.
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Service consultation allows feeding care to be held with clarity, consistency, and shared clinical language across teams.