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Master the MRCPCHPrinciples of Palliative Medicine with Dr Dilini Rajapakse (Part 2)Join us as we talk to paediatric palliative medicine consultant Dr Dilini Rajapakse about two major principles in the specialty - symptom management and advanced care planning. In part 1 we covered what paediatric palliative medicine is, and explored overviews of advanced care planning and symptom management. In today's second part we focus in on some of the symptoms managed by the palliative care team. * Resources mentioned: Together for Short Lives: https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/ RCPCH: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/topic/palliative-care * We would love to get...2025-04-0229 min

Podcasts from the GOSH Learning AcademyPrinciples of Palliative Medicine with Dr Diliani Rajapakse - Part 2Join us as we talk to paediatric palliative medicine consultant Dr Dilini Rajapakse about two major principles in the specialty - symptom management and advanced care planning. In part 1 we covered what paediatric palliative medicine is, and explored overviews of advanced care planning and symptom management. In today's second part we focus in on some of the symptoms managed by the palliative care team. * Resources mentioned: Together for Short Lives: https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/ RCPCH: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/topic/palliative-care * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, and your suggestions for future topics you wou...2025-03-1929 min

The Paeds RoundWhat you can do for sustainable healthcareThe NHS has a large carbon footprint. So how can we as child health professionals help lower the environmental impact of delivering healthcare? Today’s guest on The Paeds Round, Dr Emily Parker, RCPCH Clinical Fellow and paediatric doctor in Newcastle speaks with host Dr Emma Lin on how we can all make a difference. Emily and Emma discuss the surprisingly high carbon footprint of liquid medicines, how to optimise asthma care to reduce medication use and the benefits of dry powder inhalers over metered-dose inhalers. They also look at how to advocate for better air pollution ma...2024-09-1737 min

Podcasts from the GOSH Learning AcademyPhysical Abuse with Dr Deborah Zeitlin (Part 2)Join us on this episode as we speak to Dr Deborah Zeitlin about non-accidental injury and physical abuse. Dr. Zeitlin is a consultant general paediatrician here at GOSH where she is the named Doctor for Safeguarding for Children and Young People. This is the second part of this two part episode. Child abuse is not an easy topic to talk about or listen to. Remember to look after yourselves. There are some resources in the episode description of places you can go to for help if you've been affected by anything that we've discussed. * Resources mentioned Royal College of Radiologists: Th...2024-09-1122 min

Master the MRCPCHPhysical Abuse with Dr Deborah Zeitlin (Part 2)Join us on this episode as we speak to Dr Deborah Zeitlin about non-accidental injury and physical abuse. Dr. Zeitlin is a consultant general paediatrician here at GOSH where she is the named Doctor for Safeguarding for Children and Young People. This is the second part of this two part episode. Child abuse is not an easy topic to talk about or listen to. Remember to look after yourselves. There are some resources in the episode description of places you can go to for help if you've been affected by anything that we've discussed. * 2024-09-1122 min

Podcasts from the GOSH Learning AcademyPhysical Abuse with Dr Deborah Zeitlin (Part 1)Join us on this episode as we speak to Dr Deborah Zeitlin about non-accidental injury and physical abuse. Dr. Zeitlin is a consultant general paediatrician here at GOSH where she is the named Doctor for Safeguarding for Children and Young People. We're gonna split this episode into two parts. Look out for part two coming soon. Child abuse is not an easy topic to talk about or listen to. Remember to look after yourselves. There are some resources in the episode description of places you can go to for help if you've been affected by anything that we've discussed. * Resources...2024-09-0435 min

Master the MRCPCHPhysical Abuse with Dr Deborah Zeitlin (Part 1)Join us on this episode as we speak to Dr Deborah Zeitlin about non-accidental injury and physical abuse. Dr. Zeitlin is a consultant general paediatrician here at GOSH where she is the named Doctor for Safeguarding for Children and Young People. We're gonna split this episode into two parts. Look out for part two coming soon. Child abuse is not an easy topic to talk about or listen to. Remember to look after yourselves. There are some resources in the episode description of places you can go to for help if you've been affected by anything that...2024-09-0435 min

The Paeds RoundMeasles in 2024 - What paediatricians and healthcare workers need to knowDue to the success of vaccinations, measles in children had lain largely dormant in the UK over past decades. But cases have been rising. We address the key questions for paediatricians and healthcare workers. How serious is this disease? How infectious is it? And what do you do about it? The paeds round is delighted to welcome back Dr Liz Whittaker who speaks with our regular host Dr Emma Lim. Liz and Emma discuss how you can tell if a child with a fever or rash has measles, and looking out for the 'three Cs'. And they e...2024-07-1641 min

The Paeds RoundHealthier Together - Supporting families with high-quality health informationThe Healthier Together programme provides clear and accurate health information for parents, young people and pregnant women. It's a website, but there's also an underlying ethos to ensure health professionals are consistent in what we communicate with families. Dr Sanjay Patel, paediatric infectious diseases and immunology consultant, joins hosts Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis to discuss how Healthier Together can benefit families, especially from underserved communities. Plus top tips on how you can get the most out of the programe. Healthier Together: https://www.what0-18.nhs.uk Download full transcript (PDF...2024-05-2837 min

The Paeds RoundSocial media – What do paediatricians need to know?How can child health professionals use social media in a professional capacity - including for public health information and for learning? What are its benefits and what are its perils? And how can you protect yourself as a clinician? This month on The Paeds Round, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis are joined by our multi-talented podcast producer and dermatology registrar, Dr Jonny Guckian, who runs the medical education site, MediSense, and has held numerous social media-facing roles. Jonny, Emma and Christo discuss the good and the bad of social media and offer practical guidance on...2024-04-2340 min

We Need To Talk About Lucy Letby4. The Many Failings On The Countess' Neonatal UnitFollowing the deaths of two triplets in June 2016, The Countess invites The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) to conduct a service review of its neonatal unit “following re-designation from level 2 Local Neonatal Unit (LNU) to level 1 Special Care Unit (SCU) in July 2016 due to concerns about increasing neonatal mortality”, a downgrade that means the unit no longer admits higher risk babies under 31 weeks gestational age. The review is published in February 2017 and presents a catalogue of failings on the unit. In this episode Michael and Peter begin to discuss the RCPCH report.2024-03-1932 min

The Paeds RoundHaving a GAS – Group A StrepWhat exactly is group A Streptococcus and what are its carriage rates? How do we pick apart those paediatric patients with viral illnesses from those with strep throat? Emma and Christo are joined by Dr Liz Whittaker, a paediatric infectious diseases consultant in London, an academic at Imperial College and convener of the British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG) to discuss this bacteria. They discuss whether or not to use antibiotics, understanding rashes and much more. With your hosts, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis. Download transcript: https://www.rcpch.a...2024-03-0544 min

RCPCH PodcastsPatient safety 5 – The impact of healthcare inequality on patient safetyHealth inequalities are widening in paediatrics. Those that are more disadvantaged experience more safety issues whilst in health care. If we can make our healthcare systems more equitable for the children and young people we can for, they will be safer in our care. In episode 5 of our series on paediatric patient safety, we speak with Dr Helen Stewart, Dr Cian Wade and Dr Mimi Malhotra to explore how patient safety and health inequalities are inextricably linked. Tackling healthcare inequalities can improve safety and vice versa. Dr Stewart shares her knowledge and experience as the RC...2024-02-071h 00

RCPCH PodcastsPatient safety 4 - Involving children, young people and their families in making healthcare saferIt is imperative that children and young people are central to the co-design and co-production of our patient safety improvement interventions. In this episode, we speak with Dr Jane Runnacles, consultant paediatrician at St. George's Hospital, and Dr Victoria Dublon, paediatric diabetes consultant at the Royal Free Hospital. Both are champions of improvement work that puts the young person and their needs first. As Jane and Victoria describe, involving children, young people and their families in improvement work improves the experience and outcome for all involved. There are fantastic examples of co-creating and co-producing safety...2024-01-3153 min

RCPCH PodcastsPatient safety 3 - How do we improve how we learn from harm?It is not enough just to collect data on harm occurring to children in healthcare settings. We need the data to be robust, comparable across the NHS and for it to be transformed into effective, meaningful changes in outcome. In episode 3 of our series on paediatric patient safety, we speak with Dr Damian Roland, a paediatric emergency medicine clinician scientist and head of service for the Children's Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary. As Damian discusses on the podcast, in order to learn from harm and prevent it occurring again we need to collect data...2024-01-2452 min

The Paeds RoundWhat's hot on fever?It’s January and all the children are back in school. And that means it’s a chance to swap viruses and herald in the new year with fevers! This month’s episode has the answers to your questions as child health professionals on this burning problem. Should you worry about the height of the fever? Should you give antipyretics? How do you reassure parents and carers that fevers are part of everyday life? All of these issues are discussed, along with a passionate plea to make hand washing great again. So don’t get hot under...2024-01-2355 min

RCPCH PodcastsPatient safety 2 - If we are psychologically safe, children are safer in our carePsychological safety in healthcare settings is the condition in which you feel included, safe to learn, safe to contribute and safe to challenge the status quo - without fear of being embarrassed, marginalised or punished. And it's an essential foundation in building a safety culture. Individually, feeling psychologically safe improves performance and innovation, while feeling unsafe reduces productivity and harms retention. In a highly productive team, it is about feeling safe to take risks, to learn from each other and to feel resilient and able to tackle the difficult and varying challenges of healthcare with a healthy...2024-01-1745 min

RCPCH PodcastsPatient safety 1 - How can we build a culture of safety in paediatric healthcare?Healthcare is inherently risky and so as child health professionals we need to make patient safety a priority in all our actions. We need to think about safety all the time. In episode 1 of our series on paediatric patient safety, we speak with Dr Peter Lachman, who develops and delivers programmes for clinical leaders in quality improvement at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin. As Peter explains on the podcast, we healthcare professionals need to know patient safety theory - but, more importantly, we need to know how to apply it, drive improvement and c...2024-01-101h 00

The Paeds RoundNeonatal herpes simplex virus disease – ManagementWe’re back for episode 3 of The Paeds Round with special guest Dr Katy Fidler joining our hosts Emma Lim and Christo Tsilifis to talk about the management of herpes simplex virus. We discuss stigma, when to worry about HSV, the importance of early detection and what to look out for. Katy is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant in Brighton and a Reader in Paediatrics at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She also currently runs the national study on neonatal herpes through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit. This is the final episode in our three-part mi...2023-12-1919 min

The Paeds RoundNeonatal herpes simplex virus disease – mother-to-child transmissionWe’re back for episode 2 of The Paeds Round with special guest Dr Hermione Lyall joining our hosts Emma Lim and Christo Tsilifis to talk about maternal to child transmission of herpes simplex virus and the importance of early detection of this rare condition. Hermione is a paediatric infectious diseases consultant at St Mary’s hospital in London and brings a wealth of experience to this discussion. She has a special interest in congenital infections and has worked tirelessly to prevent their transmission, which she discusses at length in this second of our three-part series on HSV. 2023-12-0525 min

Podcasts from the GOSH Learning AcademyPracticing Paediatrics: Paediatric Pain Rehabilitation with Dr Glyn WilliamsOn today's episode we talk to Dr Glyn Williams, consultant in paediatric pain at GOSH, about chronic pain in children and the new paediatric pain rehabilitation service. We discuss the biopsychosocial approach to pain and the importance of taking a holistic MDT approach to management. Resources mentioned: Schechter NL, Coakley R, Nurko S. The Golden Half Hour in Chronic Pediatric Pain-Feedback as the First Intervention. JAMA Pediatr. 2021;175(1):7-8. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1798 e-Learning For Health: ePain https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/391439 RCPCH Learning: Pain Management Pain Management – RCPCH Learning Refer a patient to the GOSH Pain Control Service: https://www.go...2023-11-2932 min

RCPCH PodcastsThe state of digital child health today - an interview with Professor Sam ShahRichard Burley, Executive Director of Digital talks with Professor Shah about how digital technology can support child health, and how paediatricians can embrace it - with a dose of healthy scepticism. Professor Sam Shah is Chief Medical Strategy Officer at men's health company, Numan, and Honorary Lecturer at University College London's Global Business School for Health. He spoke at RCPCH Conference 2023 with a session titled, 'Could healthcare technology address the challenges in child health? Richard Burley here at the College was fortunate to be in the audience and invited Sam to discuss further. As Sam...2023-11-1530 min

Master the MRCPCHRespiratory Health Promotion with Dr Rossa BrughaIn this episode we are joined by Dr Rossa Brugha, consultant respiratory physician at GOSH, to talk about health promotion in respiratory conditions. We talk about the effect that smoking, vaping and air pollution can have on children with respiratory conditions, and what we as paediatricians can do about it. Resources mentioned: Richard Doll and A. Bradford Hill, Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung, Br Med J 1950; 2 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.4682.739 (Published 30 September 1950) Action on Smoking and Health, "Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain", June 2023 https://ash.org.uk/resou...2023-11-1031 min

Podcasts from the GOSH Learning AcademyRespiratory Health Promotion with Dr Rossa BrughaIn this episode we are joined by Dr Rossa Brugha, consultant respiratory physician at GOSH, to talk about health promotion in respiratory conditions. We talk about the effect that smoking, vaping and air pollution can have on children with respiratory conditions, and what we as paediatricians can do about it. Resources mentioned: Richard Doll and A. Bradford Hill, Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung, Br Med J 1950; 2 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.4682.739 (Published 30 September 1950) Action on Smoking and Health, "Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain", June 2023 https://ash.org.uk/resources/view/use-of-e-cigarettes-among-young-people-in-great-britain Action on Smoking and Healt...2023-11-1031 min

RCPCH PodcastsShift the dial on climate change and health inequalitiesClimate change poses an existential risk to child health and is exacerbating health inequalities. But, paediatricians can play an important role in sharing information and advocating for action. Dr Helen Stewart and Dr Alex Lemaigre introduce the College’s new toolkit for paediatricians. Our first tool helps you understand how climate change impacts on children and young people’s health and exacerbates health inequalities. And our second equips you to influence climate change policy locally, regionally and nationally. Alex and Helen talk about why paediatricians have a role in addressing health inequalities impacted by climate chan...2023-10-1718 min

The Paeds RoundNeonatal herpes simplex virus disease – THANKS (think hands and no kisses)Though common and self-limiting in older children and adults, herpes simplex viral infection can cause a spectrum of neonatal disease from simple lesion to devastating encephalitis. How can we identify babies at risk and provide appropriate treatment? In this episode, Sarah discusses her devastating story of losing a child to neonatal HSV and her work in raising awareness of neonatal HSV. Featuring Emma Lim and Christo Tsilifis with Sarah de Malplaquet, parent of Kit, and founder of the Kit Tarka Foundation. See transcript at https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-10/T...2023-10-1034 min

The PaedsHub PodChild Sexual AbuseIn this episode, Dr Felicity Cooksey welcomes Dr Michelle Cutland to the podcast. Dr Cutland is clinical director for the children’s service at a Sexual Assault Referral Centre in the South West of England and clinical co-lead for Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse 3rd Ed, which is due for release in August 2023. They discuss communicating with children and young people following disclosures of sexual harm, the importance of reinforcing bodily autonomy to children and the updates to Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse (also known as the ‘purple book’). Resources · Data on the scale a...2023-09-0141 min

RCPCH PodcastsHow to build a paediatricianTalking about the intentionality behind what the College does to train and support paediatricians: RCPCH Vice President for Training and Assessment, Dr Cathryn Chadwick interviews Trainees Committee Chair, Dr Emma Dyer. Our College Strategy 2021-24 outlines four strategic aims to support our mission of improving health outcomes for children and young people. In this series we look at our College Strategy in action. Hearing stories from clinicians, children and young people and staff about the impact our work has made on the community and within paediatric clinical practice. In this episode we learn about what...2023-08-0839 min

The PaedsHub PodChild refugee and migrant health needsThis month Dr Tabitha Campbell, GP trainee, joins Dr Paulina Connolly to talk through the 15-minute Consultation paper: “What do paediatricians need to know about child refugee and migrant health needs?” by Dr Aoife Ryan & Dr Alison Kelly from the Online First section of ADC Education & Practice: https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2023/01/26/archdischild-2022-324836 Dr Campbell originally found the 3-D assessment on Paediatric FOAMed: “The 3-D Assessment for Refugee, Asylum-Seeking or Trafficked Children”, an excellent article by Dr Laura C. Wood: https://www.paediatricfoam.com/2018/03/refugee-asylum-seeking-trafficked-children/ Another extremely useful resource by the RCPCH - Refugee a...2023-08-0131 min

RCPCH PodcastsWellbeing as paediatricians - creating environments where we can thrive at workTwo paediatricians share thoughts around vulnerability, compassion and belonging at work. Jess and Anna talk about brave spaces, the importance (and limits) of self-care and those "small moments of human connection". Dr Jess Morgan is a paediatrician and working as a Dinwoodie RCPCH Fellow on an exciting new project, Thrive Paediatrics, which aims to create meaningful change in the working lives of paediatricians. She speaks with Dr Anna Baverstock, a consultant paediatrician at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Find out more about Thrive Paediatrics on the RCPCH website at https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/thrive. We're cr...2023-07-2535 min

Bedside ReadingEverything EverythingSend us a textI loved talking to London GP Eugenia Lee about Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon,In this fabulous YA novel we meet Madeline Whitter who spends her whole life inside a bubble, with her mother. Madeline has a rare immune deficiency and cannot remember ever leaving her home. Shortly after Madeleine’s 18th birthday, a new family moves in next door. A young and seemingly depressed teenage girl, a violent and alcoholic father, a weak and incapable mother but most importantly a boy who is wild, clever and very good looking. A few w...2023-07-2533 min