Miss Briony Caffrey
An experienced specialist Dietitian with passion to reduce health inequalities experienced by those with learning disabilities. Dedicated to implementing the MCA in practice, addressing diagnostic overshadowing, taking a person-centred approach and enacting reasonable adjustments to deliver effective dietetic care and improve health outcomes.
Founder & Chair of the Learning Disabilities Subgroup and Education Officer for Learning Disabilities with the MHSG, with the BDA, additionally I sit on the LD Professional Senate.
A demonstrated history of developing and delivering nutritional curriculum & education for a range of professional bodies including the Royal Society of Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, British Dietetic Association, Health Education England, Edgehill & Cumbria Universities. And have collaborated with HEE, CQC and the Royal College of Psychiatry.
Author of articles for magazines and journals including Dietetics Today, Royal College of Nursing Journal; Learning Disability Practice and the Nutrition Society. See LinkedIn account to read my publications.
Available for freelance work for client assessment, lectures, clinical supervision, training for dietitians / care providers.