{"id":8889,"date":"2025-06-12T10:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/?page_id=8889"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:59:27","slug":"medical-diets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/medical-diets\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Diets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8890\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2025\/06\/12105653\/medical-diets-270x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2025\/06\/12105653\/medical-diets-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2025\/06\/12105653\/medical-diets.png 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>There are occasions when pupils are unable to eat the school meals available under the statutory meal provision due to medical reasons. Every effort is then made to ensure that a suitable alternative is provided.<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow City Council will co-ordinate all such requests for medically referred diets, liaising with:<\/p>\n<p>\u1613 Parent\/Carers<br \/>\n\u1613 Head Teachers<br \/>\n\u1613 General Practitioners<br \/>\n\u1613 Dietitians<br \/>\n\u1613 Health Visitors<br \/>\n\u1613 Speech and Language Therapists<br \/>\n\u1613 Catering Managers<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow City Council as far as reasonably possible, is able to cater for a wide range of medical diets such as:<\/p>\n<p>\u1613 Nut Free<br \/>\n\u1613 Egg Free<br \/>\n\u1613 Milk Free<br \/>\n\u1613 Additive Free<br \/>\n\u1613 Gluten Free<br \/>\n\u1613 Managing Diabetes<\/p>\n<h3><em>If your child needs a medically restricted diet then contact your Head Teacher in the first instance to make them aware of your childs requirements. They will advise you to contact <\/em><em>your dietitian, the dietitian will pass your request to Glasgow City Council. The food safety advisor will then contact you to determine the exact diet that is required.\u00a0All requests for medical diets have to be supported in writing by the medical authorities. A state registered dietitian, a general practitioner, speech and language therapist or hospital consultant may issue requests clarifying the child\u2019s exact dietary needs. Verbal requests are not acceptable. <\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>Glasgow City Council feels it is imperative that this policy is enforced since the diet of a child can have implications for their health both now and later in life. It should be noted that the ultimate responsibility for ensuring the correct school meal provision will remain with the parent\/carer.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Please click on the link below to view the <em>Medical Diet<\/em> information leaflet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/wallacewellprimary\/uploads\/sites\/9237\/2025\/06\/12105903\/Medical_Diets_Leaflet-Nov-2024.pdf\">Medical_Diets_Leaflet &#8211; Nov 2024<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are occasions when pupils are unable to eat the school meals available under the statutory meal provision due to medical reasons. Every effort is then made to ensure that a suitable alternative is provided. Glasgow City Council will co-ordinate all such requests for medically referred diets, liaising with: \u1613 Parent\/Carers \u1613 Head Teachers \u1613 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8892,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8889\/revisions\/8892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/wallacewellprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}