Dietetic management resources for health professionals

Webpage: Diet and pancreatic cancer

Booklet: Diet and pancreatic cancer

Fact sheet: How to manage problems with digestion using pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)

Tool: Food and enzymes diary

The Nutrition Interest Group of the Pancreas Society of Great Britain and Ireland (NIGPS) is a group of dietitians, and other healthcare professionals interested in nutrition in pancreatic disease.

NIGPS runs a three hour training course for dietitians who are working in general practice, aiming to increase general awareness.

To find out about planned events or if you’re interested in arranging a session for your group / department, please email nigpscommittee@gmail.com.

A quick guide to PERT

A two-page info sheet covering the key things you need to know about PERT and pancreatic cancer to advise your patients. Content references are available here.

Download your free guide

PEI Guidelines

Consensus for the management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: UK practical guidelines. Phillips ME, Hopper AD, Leeds JS, et al. BMJ Open Gastroenterology 2021

Presentations

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 6th December 2023, Zoom

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy – Ciara O’Beirne, Upper GI & HPB Surgical Dietitian, Cardiff and Vale UHB

PERT and pancreatic cancer: an online educational session, 21st September 2023, Zoom

Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (PEI) and treating PEI with PERT – Mary Phillips, Senior Specialist HPB Dietitian, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Supporting your patients from symptoms to support, 23rd May 2023, Zoom

Supporting your patients with: Diet & nutrition – Anna Burton, Senior Specialist Surgical Pancreatic Dietitian, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 26th January 2023, Zoom

PEI and PERT – Lauren Roberts, HPB/UGI Lead Oncology Dietitian, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

PERT and pancreatic cancer, 22nd September 2022, Zoom

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy – Mary Phillips, Senior Specialist HPB Dietitian, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer: for UGI/HPB specialist nurses and dietitians, 28th April 2022, Zoom

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy – Kelly Wilson, Senior Specialist Pancreatic Dietitian, St James’s Hospital Leeds

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 2nd December 2021, Zoom

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy – Lauren Roberts, HPB and UGI lead oncology Dietitian, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

PERT and pancreatic cancer – an online educational session, 21st October 2021

PERT and pancreatic cancer – Mary Phillips, Advanced Specialist HPB Dietitian, Royal Surrey County Hospital

Dietetic Management & Pancreatic Cancer for Non-Specialist Dietitians and Specialist Nurses, 14th October 2020, Zoom

Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (PEI) and Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT) – Neil Bibby, Macmillan Senior Specialist HPB Dietitian, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Dietetic Management and Pancreatic Cancer – An Introduction, 13th October 2020, Zoom

Symptoms of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (PEI) – Mary Mahon, Surgical Dietitian, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

Treatment of PEI including Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT), managing diabetes and enteral feeding – Marie Labaquere, Senior Specialist HPB Dietitian, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Presentations

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 6th December 2023, Zoom

Nutritional assessment – Helen Webster, Oncology Team Lead – Dietetics (UGI & HPB Specialist and Non Medical Prescriber), Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Nutritional Management of Pancreatic Cancer, 20th November- Zoom

Nutritional Management of Pancreatic Cancer– Danielle O’Hagan, Specialist Dietitian, BHSCT

Supporting your patients from diagnosis to treatment, 16th May 2023, Zoom

Supporting your patients with: Diet & nutrition – Anna Burton, Senior Specialist Surgical Pancreatic Dietitian, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 26th January 2023, Zoom

Nutritional assessment – Tori Carter, Specialist Pancreatic Dietitian, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 2nd December 2021, Zoom

Nutritional assessment – Helen Webster, Oncology Team Lead – Dietetics (UGI & HPB Specialist), Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Dietetic Management & Pancreatic Cancer for Non-Specialist Dietitians and Specialist Nurses, 14th October 2020, Zoom

Nutritional assessment in pancreatic cancer – Rebekah Lord, HPB Specialist Dietitian, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Presentations

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 6th December 2023, Zoom

Nutritional management – Chloé McMurray, Senior HPB Dietitian, Nutrition & Dietetics, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 26th January 2023, Zoom

Nutritional management – Laura McGeeney, Specialist Pancreatic Dietitian, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Nutritional management of pancreatic cancer and type 3c diabetes, 28th November 2022, Zoom

Nutritional management of pancreatic cancer – Sophie Graham, Specialist Oncology Dietitian

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer: for UGI/HPB specialist nurses and dietitians, 28th April 2022, Zoom

Nutritional management – Lindsay Carnie, PCN dietitian, Portsdown Group Practice

Dietetic management and pancreatic cancer, 2nd December 2021, Zoom

Nutritional management – Fiona MacLeod, UGI & HPB Dietitian, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Dietetic Management & Pancreatic Cancer for Non-Specialist Dietitians and Specialist Nurses, 14th October 2020, Zoom

Nutritional Management in pancreatic cancer including pre- and post-surgery, enteral feeding and stents – David Bourne, Surgical Dietitian, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

Dietetic Management & Pancreatic Cancer event, 9th October 2019, Leeds

Pancreatic surgery, enteral tube feeding & enzymes – Kelly Wilson, Pancreatic Dietitian, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust