Ruth Taylor

Nutritionist

IMPORTANT HOLIDAY MESSAGE: Morning After Pill and Cystitis Treatment services will be unavailable from:

3PM on Tuesday, December 23 to 8AM on Saturday, December 27.

Treatments prescribed before this time will still be available to collect after 3PM on Tuesday, December 23 — please check the opening hours of your chosen Boots store before placing your order.

For this service you need to take any prescribed medicines within a certain time. If you need help changing the pharmacy collection location, please call us on 0203 3183 773 during our opening hours.

NMC Registration: 82K1692E

BANT Registration: TAY0111269

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About

Ruth Taylor has almost forty years’ experience as a registered nurse, and over ten years as a nutritionist. She joined the Boots Online Doctor team as a nutritionist in 2021. She is passionate about lifestyle medicine and enjoys the opportunity to help people make simple and realistic dietary and lifestyle changes to support their health and improve their quality of life.

Alongside this role, Ruth runs workshops in her local community in Hampshire and works as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ruth is a British Association of Nutritional Therapists (BANT) professional supervisor and runs supervision groups for other health professionals.

Specialist Areas

Lifestyle medicine
Weight loss
Hormonal health
Gastrointestinal health

Qualifications & Memberships

Master’s degree in Transdisciplinary Practice – Middlesex University (2023)
Certificate in health and wellness coaching – Institute of Health Sciences (2020)
Registrant of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, CNHC01572 (2009)
Member of the British Association of Nutritional Therapists, TAY0111269 (2009)
Diploma Nutritional Therapy – Institute of Optimum Nutrition (2009)
Registered General Nurse – Royal Free Hospital London (1986)
BSc Nursing Studies Bournemouth University (1995)
Member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (1986)

Interests

Ruth loves walking, sailing, swimming and reading and spends as much time outdoors as possible. She lives with her family in Hampshire.