Ms Caroline Laidlaw

I am an experienced freelance dietitian and have worked in private practice since 2004 and joined the Montefiore Hospital when its doors opened in 2012. I am passionate about the important role food and nutrition plays in health and wellbeing and offer practical and realistic individualised nutrition care plans and ongoing support. My experience over the last 28 years, in a wide variety of clinical specialities brings a wealth of dietetic knowledge into my consultations.

I am one of the first dietitians in the UK to be fully trained in the low FODMAP approach (low fermentable carbohydrate diet) for irritable bowel and I have great success and extensive experience in this field; helping hundreds of patients manage their symptoms and forming individualised nutrition and lifestyle plans.

I work closely with the hospital consultants and GPs to provide a comprehensive dietetic service and am an integral and core member of the multidisciplinary team clinics at the Montefiore: The Sussex IBS Clinic.

I studied Nutrition and Dietetics at King's College London, qualifying with distinction in 1990. Since then I have worked as a Specialist Dietitian in the NHS at a variety of teaching Hospitals including Charing Cross and Westminster, St Mary's (Paddington), Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary before settling on the South Coast at Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton in 2002. Specialties include Gastroenterology (irritable bowel, including FODMAP approach), Oncology, Malnutrition/ Nutritional Support, HIV, Community Development work, Obesity and Bariatrics weight management (including- Sleeve, Gastric Band, Balloon), Mental Health (including dementia), Diabetes, Hyperlipidaemias (cholesterol), Nutritional Assessment, Healthy Eating.