Elmbridge Nutritional Therapy
"Eating For Vitality"

Practitioner Profile and Contact Details

Profile - Philippa Manning PhD BSc(NMed)

I originally trained as a physicist and spent nine years in industry working as a research engineer. When my first child had colic for ten months, food allergies, eczema and asthma I began to research the allergy field looking for information that would help. I was not impressed by the exclusion approach as a strategy for good health. My second pregnancy left me with multiple food intolerances and I experienced at first hand the digestive discomfort, fatigue, poor brain function and skin symptoms familiar to fellow suffers.

It was a 'eureka' moment for me when I came across the Society for the Promotion of Nutritional Therapy. I retrained gaining a BSc Degree in Nutritional Medicine awarded by Thames Valley University following the teaching and rigorous methods of Dr Lawrence Plaskett.

I am a member of the following professional associations: the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) and the Wholistic Nutritional Medicine Society. I am Nutritional Therapy Council Certified(NTCC) for Competence in Nutritional Therapy Practice and a Registered Practitioner with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)in Nutritional Therapy. (The CNHC is the regulatory body for nutritional therapists.)

My professional body (BANT) requires that I continuously update my professional knowledge. Some of the seminars and courses I have undertaken between 2006 and 2010 include:

• Adrenal Fatigue - Dr James Wilson
  
• Food for the Brain 2008
  
• Treating Autism 2009
  
  Also various seminars focusing on
  
• Obesity
  
• Preconceptual Care
  
• Child Nutrition
  
• Complex Conditions MCS CFS FM - Dr Martin Pall
  
• Functional Laboratory Testing
  
• Recognising the Metabolic Phenotype in Autism

Where I practice

I practice at Courts Pharmacy in Walton-on-Thames and in Molesey in Surrey. Home visits are also available in the Elmbridge area.

Clinic address

Courts Pharmacy
41 The Heart Shopping Centre
Walton-on-Thames
Surrey
KT12 1GH

Mob: 0772 101 6194

Appointments available:
Wednesdays 9.30am - 1.30pm
and in Molesey (including Saturday afternoons)
by arrangement.

Fees

I offer a free 15 minute session so that I can assess whether nutritional therapy is suitable for you, and for you to find out whether you will get on with me. This can be by phone or in person at Courts Pharmacy in Walton-on-Thames.

Initial appointments are usually 90 minutes for which the fee is £100. This includes a full written dietary and supplement prescription with supporting information and phone/email support. Follow up appointments are usually 45 minutes for which the fee is £50.

A nutritional advice initial appointment is also available (no supplements are recommended). This costs £50 and usually lasts 60 minutes.

Home visits may attract an additional fee depending on distance. 'Shopping trips' of one hour are available to your usual store for £40. Please give 24 hours notice if you cannot attend an appointment (48 hours in the case of an initial appointment). Appointments cancelled without notice may be charged at 50% of the appropriate rate.

Please phone me on 0772 101 6194 or email me using the link at the top of this page with brief details of your main concern and I will ring you back to discuss the type of program you require.

Links to organisations I am happy to recommend

The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
The CNHC is the UK regulator for complementary healthcare practitioners and maintains a register of members. CNHC link

The British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT)
This is the larger of the two professional bodies for nutritional therapists. BANT link

Wholistic Nutritional Medicine Society (WNMS)
This is the professional association for nutritional therapists with a strong naturopathic element in their training.

The Nutritional Therapy Council (NTC)
The NTC is the Professional Standards Council for Nutritional Therapy. This body has been working to develop occupational standards for nutritional therapy courses and to accredit training providers in the United Kingdom. For a transitional period up to September 2009 the NTC was the registering body for Nutritional Therapists having taken over this role from the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy and the Wholistic Nutritional Medicine Society. NTC link

Plaskett International College
The website provides lists of low cost technical information leaflets on many nutrition topics which have been researched and written by Dr Lawrence Plaskett. Plaskett International

Courts Pharmacy
Good ranges of organic cosmetics, skin care products and toiletries.