Background:
Muriel qualified as a dietitian at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen in 1979 and is registered on the Health Professions Council. She is passionate about the role of food in relation to health. Because of this, she enjoys empowering people by interpreting the scientific evidence of nutrition in health and disease into practical terms of eating and drinking for people. For those who find it more challenging to achieve dietary change, she can use motivational interviewing and behaviour change techniques to support them.
 
One of the main reasons that Muriel has decided to branch out into private practice is that she wants to become more accessible to people than at present within the NHS where a referral is usually required or there are limitations on the service. For this reason, she is happy for people to refer themselves without a medical referral. For people in this situation, she is happy to have a chat over the phone about their specific health needs prior to making an appointment to ensure that she is able to provide what people want.

She has worked for the NHS for 25 years, and for the last 7 years in the dietary management of people after strokes both in Darent Valley Hospital and the community, where she works as a Senior Dietitian (including nutrition and dietary aspects of swallowing disorders and diet after stroke). Within this role she represents the British Dietetic Association on the Royal College of Physicians, Intercollegiate Working Party for Stroke producing national clinical guidelines on stroke management. At the same time she has continued to work in other aspects of dietetics by undertaking dietetic clinics, supporting people with raised lipid (cholesterol) levels, irritable bowel syndrome and weight management (both weight gain and weight loss) difficulties. She has also produced written material for patient information in the areas of weight management and raised lipid (cholesterol) levels.

Lecturing and Training:
Muriel has also been involved in the training of a wide range of health professionals in areas of nutrition and dietetics, undertaken presentations at national conferences and has been lecturing on the modular Stroke Course at the University of Ulster for three years.

Research:
She has been the lead on a number of projects evaluating dietetic practice that have been published in professional journals.

Website:  www.murielgall.co.uk
  

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