Valerie Meilton BSc, State Registered Dietitian:

A Dietitian trained in both NHS and Private Sectors

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A Brief Profile:

 

Valerie graduated from Reading University with an honours degree in Zoology and she then went on to complete her dietetics training at the University of London. She rose in rank to become Chief III Dietitian at Guy's teaching hospital in London. Whilst at Guy's, she played a vital part in the setting up of a Clinical Nutrition Working Party which produced an Enteral Feeding policy and she trained about 12 dietetic students a year many of whom are now holding Senior positions in various hospitals throughout the United Kingdom. She also gave lectures to student nurses. She was also instrumental in assisting various research projects one of which included the effect of a long-term fat-modified diet on serum lipoprotein levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in patients on home haemodialysis (published in Clinical Science Received 1st April/ 21st August 1980; Published 1981).

In 1991 Valerie pioneered and organised the dietetic service at a rehabilitation hospital and a Hospice in West London. To help improve the care of patients with Pressure Sores, she participated in an Audit. Presently she is still working with the above mentioned units. She also does dietetic clinics at various GP Surgeries. At one occasion she worked for 7 GP Practices : which comprised a combination of about 20 Doctors, the patients ranged from 4000 - to about 10 000 per surgery.

 For many years Valerie has been an active and extended member of the Nicholas household, whose photograph is below. If you are keen to know how this unity came about please visit:

The circumstances that blended us as a family

   A pastor once elaborated on this word unity: We are united on the Major Points which leads to a common harmony. The major points are inserted within the website.

Psalm 133 verse 3:

 Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon
        that falls on the mountains of Zion.
    And the LORD has pronounced his blessing,
        even life forevermore.
 

 

 

Valerie Meilton,

State Registered Dietitian

 

 

 

 

Read an extraordinary story about Valerie by pressing this link: A horrendous fear of crossing bridges!!!

A summary of work experience:

Valerie has covered both locum and permanent positions as Dietitian at:

  1. Ashford Hospital, Kent

  2. Colchester Group of Hospitals

  3. Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals

  4. Ashford Hospital, Surrey

  5. Edgware General Hospital

  6. Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells

  7. Hemel Hempstead General Hospital

  8. Ealing Hospital

  9. Kent & Canterbury Hospital

  10. Rochford Hospital, Essex

Valerie has acted in the capacity of Community Dietitian within a Home Support Team (which included HIV positive clients).

Valerie also acted single-handed as the dietitian at the prestigious Princess Grace Hospital and the Harley Street Clinic. Whilst there she took sole responsibility for both hospitals, which included 2 ITU units, and a renal unit. The patients came from all over the world. She also wrote diet sheets for private consultant referrals and gained experience on the management side, too.

At present she gives dietary advice/consultations for those patients requiring high energy diets, enteral feeds, high fibre diets, renal diets, gluten free diets; patients with hyperlipdaemia, weight control, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, and any other related problems.

Here is a brief extract from one GP's newsletter in West London:

Practice News No. 3 March 1993

Dr Evan Jones

Dr Graham Hughes

Dr John Morrison

Dr Stephen Hirst

Dr Mark Kaplan

Dr Yolanda Holderness

News from the dietitian

Patients on weight reducing diets lost 700lbs between them last year thanks to Valerie Meilton, our dietitian. Valerie will also advise on special diets for patients with diabetes, coeliac disease or high cholesterol levels. Her clinics run on Mondays from 1pm-3pm and on Saturday mornings.
Latest update:

March 2004

Valerie Meilton is now also a Smoking Cessation Community Advisor. She went for training with The Thelma Golding Centre of Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Smoking Cessation Service. We offer a word of thanks to Dr Shergill, of Hillview Surgery, Bilton Road, Perryvale, Greenford, Middlesex, who encouraged Valerie to take up this new venture.

 

Smoking cessation trial at Hillview Surgery

The Smoking Cessation Service started a clinic at Hillview Surgery in Perivale last March, initially just as a trial at that practice. So far 24 people have participated, nine have given up smoking and 5 are currently attending the clinic.

At the initial visit, we explain the treatment process and give clients advice about nicotine replacement therapy and Zyban, after discussing their smoking habits. We then take a carbon monoxide reading with a monitor at every visit to assess progress.

We help clients to prepare for their individual quite days, which follow their second visit, and see them once a week to offer encouragement. This encouragement is really necessary for someone who wants to give up smoking.

It is very much a team effort:

Clients are referred by GPs or practice nurses, often from a new patient check

Reception staff book the client for the six-week course and help in the smooth running of the clinics

A designated member of staff issues the necessary prescriptions

Although clients complete a detailed questionnaire, it is useful for us to be able to confirm medical details via the practice’s computer records. It is also reassuring to have doctors on site if there are any major concerns.

I would like to thank Dr Shergill for leading the project, practice manager Lesley Stuart for facilitating and Aarun Taylor, Head of Ealing PCT’s Smoking Cessation Service for help and support. There are plans to expand the service at Hillview and to open up more clinics at other practices in the borough.

Valerie Meilton

Smoking Cessation Adviser

   The main Course Convenor for the above 3 day SCTRP course was Professor Peter Hajek MA, PhD, CClinPsyc.

            Professor of Clinical Psychology, Head of Psychology, Director of Tobacco Dependence Research Unit

 

Referencing the photograph above:Valerie baby set Paul since he was 2 years old. When Saida and Anton were not able to do it, she escorted Paul to his Junior school. She witnessed personally, first hand his stages of development from a toddler to graduating from Cambridge. She participated well in his spiritual growth too. She faithfully purchased for Paul the following Christian periodicals, YPS and TOPZ. These booklets are published by the Selwyn Hughes Christian Ministry, Crusade for World Revival. These items helped Paul tremendously to come to understand the Son of God, Jesus Christ of Nazareth

2007 Update  : The Blessing

Valerie attended a residential course at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, Scotland in the first week of June 2007. This was as part of her Clinical Update Course for the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group of the British Dietetic Association. We rejoice that she received the necessary funding for this Course for it was quite costly.

The current Chairman of the PEN Group is Mr. Peter Turner. He states that the PENG Clinical Update is a post graduate British Dietetic Association validated course for dietitians working in nutrition support. The present course leader is Ailsa Kennedy. Apparently the Group has started looking into the possibility of taking the course to Masters level.

13th July 2008.

The gentleman sitting on the left hand side is Valerie's youngest brother, Steve Meilton.

 Steve completed his education graduating with Honours from Jesus College, University of Cambridge, having read mathematics. His studies included the fourth year, known as Part III.
   
Brand new Total Visitors by Country Counter ,the top counter as above commenced today 1st January 2009 at 3-30 pm. All this activity makes an exciting read!!!!

 

                   It's so exciting to see visitors coming from the far corners of the earth!

             May our Lord's Name be exalted over each country