About

My background

Dr Rebecca Healey   MBBS, MSc, RNutr

Medical degree: 6 year training for MBBS Medicine qualifying with honours from Hull York Medical School, with medical elective in Immunology.

NHS Medicine: 5 years NHS hospital experience across a number of different specialties including Respiratory Medicine, Acute Medicine, Elderly Care, Psychiatry, and Vascular Surgery.

Nutrition: Human Nutrition Masters Degree with distinction from Chester University. Trained in the used of low FODMAP diets for IBS with Monash University. 4 years post qualification experience in nutrition consultation.

Functional Medicine: Trained with the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Who I help

I predominantly work with patients experiencing functional digestive disorders including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). I also see patients requiring nutritional support with for Type 2 diabetes / prediabetes, as well as people experiencing Long Covid.

Clients often come to me when they have been struggling with ongoing symptoms for some time, but not achieved full resolution through the traditional approach alone. In most cases, incorporation of functional medicine and nutrition optimisation, alongside any necessary medical treatment, leads to reduction in symptoms and improved quality of life.

Using a functional medicine approach to nutrition consultation, I combine my background in conventional medicine with the latest advances in nutrition, nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, and integrative medicine, in order to ensure patients achieve the best possible outcomes.

I offer several wellness programmes, as well as individual consultations.

My Story

When I began working as a junior doctor, I was struck by how many of the conditions I regularly saw may have been preventable with dietary and lifestyle measures. I began to realise that while modern medicine is a lifeline in acute illness, it is often a firefighting exercise for chronic disease.  I felt that the best approach involved more attention to nutrition, environment, and evidence-based complementary therapies, not just medication alone. As time went on, I became even more aware of the considerable difference nutrition could make to patients’ recovery from infection and surgery.

I subsequently completed a masters’ degree in human nutrition while continuing to work in the hospital environment, focusing my research on assessment and outcomes for hospitalised patients with vascular disease at risk of malnutrition.  I endorsed the principles of nutritional therapy in the hospital setting.  I was impressed by the difference these approaches could make to improve patients’ recovery, and quality of life.

I went on to complete further training in Functional Medicine with the prestigious Institute for Functional Medicine in the US, and continue to grow my knowledge and skills within this valuable field. I am continually impressed by the power of nutrition and functional medicine approaches to optimise health and quality of life.

Professional Registration & Memberships

  • Registered Medical Practitioner: GMC
  • Registered Nutritionist: AFN
  • Member Institute for Functional Medicine 
  • Member British Association for Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine 
  • Member Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council 

Qualifications & Training

  • Medicine MBBS (Hons): Hull York Medical School
  • Human Nutrition MSc: University of Chester
  • Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP): Institute of Functional Medicine
  • Trained in the use of low FODMAP diets for IBS: Monash University
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