Consultant Paediatrician, PEM & epilepsy/ neurology at Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital.
East of England Paediatric Training Programme Director.
Tutor @MedEdICE. RCPCH Theory Examiner and rep to @AoMRC AFPC. He/Him
While many people recover quickly, flu can be dangerous for young children.
A new trial is exploring whether the flu vaccine can be extended to younger toddlers.
🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/article...
While many people recover quickly, flu can be dangerous for young children.
A new trial is exploring whether the flu vaccine can be extended to younger toddlers.
🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This makes sense if you think of a GP practice as a small business needing to maintain profit margins.
But most small businesses allow their customers to go elsewhere for a service...
This makes sense if you think of a GP practice as a small business needing to maintain profit margins.
But most small businesses allow their customers to go elsewhere for a service...
This is not how it should be done.
FND needs to be diagnosed based on positive signs / clinical features that establish that FND is present.
www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-an...
This is not how it should be done.
FND needs to be diagnosed based on positive signs / clinical features that establish that FND is present.
www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-an...
Much progress made - but there’s more to do still!
#IDSky #PedsID 🧪
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There is a helpful resource from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges for those looking to make the switch.
www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
There is a helpful resource from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges for those looking to make the switch.
www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.
Choose sanity. Vote Binface.
(Photo dated 9th October 2025)
Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.
Choose sanity. Vote Binface.
(Photo dated 9th October 2025)
A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children
radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi...
#FOAMed
A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children
radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi...
#FOAMed
We started vaccinating pregnant mothers last year but didn't see much of an impact.
Let's hope with⬆️immunisation rates things are different this year...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
We started vaccinating pregnant mothers last year but didn't see much of an impact.
Let's hope with⬆️immunisation rates things are different this year...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
My wife on returning home: “Real tea is amazing!” - forgets to drink the tea and finds a full cold mug 2 hours later.
My wife on returning home: “Real tea is amazing!” - forgets to drink the tea and finds a full cold mug 2 hours later.
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria
2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...
I met some amazing friends through Twitter, and built bits of my career that would never have happened without it.
I sometimes feel guilty that I’m not available online in the same ways that others were when I needed them.
There's a cohort who got to make IRL friends for life on forums/messaging boards/twitter with people they'd never cross paths with otherwise. That door feels all but closed now
I met some amazing friends through Twitter, and built bits of my career that would never have happened without it.
I sometimes feel guilty that I’m not available online in the same ways that others were when I needed them.
Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.
Hundreds of children have been harmed, some left with lifelong problems:
▶️ www.thetimes.com/article/294c...
Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.
Our family is two months into our breast cancer journey.
I’m incredibly grateful to my wife for checking regularly & spotting when something wasn’t right.
The NHS is amazing & is here for all of us. Check yourself & get checked if it doesn’t feel right.
Our family is two months into our breast cancer journey.
I’m incredibly grateful to my wife for checking regularly & spotting when something wasn’t right.
The NHS is amazing & is here for all of us. Check yourself & get checked if it doesn’t feel right.
I’m incredibly impressed by the response.
It is wonderful to see a new system work so well, and as a relative it’s a huge relief to have an accessible system when you have concerns.
@nnuh.bsky.social
I’m incredibly impressed by the response.
It is wonderful to see a new system work so well, and as a relative it’s a huge relief to have an accessible system when you have concerns.
@nnuh.bsky.social
I’m sat next to her in a bay while she tries to sleep.
I have so many thoughts about the things you hear through these curtains.
People are fascinating.
I’m sat next to her in a bay while she tries to sleep.
I have so many thoughts about the things you hear through these curtains.
People are fascinating.
RCPCH President Prof Steve Turner highlights how our joint Emergency Care Standards aim to reshape urgent care for children making safe, timely care a reality for every child.
👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
RCPCH President Prof Steve Turner highlights how our joint Emergency Care Standards aim to reshape urgent care for children making safe, timely care a reality for every child.
👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Article paywalled but podcast is free.
Some snippets in thread🧵
Article: continuum.aan.com/doi/full/10....
Podcast: x.com/ContinuumAAN....
Article paywalled but podcast is free.
Some snippets in thread🧵
Article: continuum.aan.com/doi/full/10....
Podcast: x.com/ContinuumAAN....
"This might harm you."
🔵 A 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 simply says:
"This is what’s coming."
One is about protection.
The other is about permission.
That difference matters.
"This might harm you."
🔵 A 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 simply says:
"This is what’s coming."
One is about protection.
The other is about permission.
That difference matters.
We invite you to participate in the partnership, watch the recording and express interest here: www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/pa...
We invite you to participate in the partnership, watch the recording and express interest here: www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/pa...
This event offers practical ED takeaways on sexual health, consent & capacity in adolescent care.
👉 Let’s enhance care together: rcem.ac.uk/virtual-e...
This event offers practical ED takeaways on sexual health, consent & capacity in adolescent care.
👉 Let’s enhance care together: rcem.ac.uk/virtual-e...
✅FND is one of seven core subspecialties
✅FND services MUST be provided in each specialised neurology centre.
This is huge recognition of how common FND is in neurology - and unthinkable 20 yrs ago. 1/
t.co/XvGo0NIryA
✅FND is one of seven core subspecialties
✅FND services MUST be provided in each specialised neurology centre.
This is huge recognition of how common FND is in neurology - and unthinkable 20 yrs ago. 1/
t.co/XvGo0NIryA